顺式调控元件对“头对头”基因对共表达的影响

转录调控是生物学过程中最关键的环节之一, 其中顺式调控元件在基因表达调控中发挥了极其重要的作用. 本研究通过对公共顺式调控元件的活性和行为进行分析, 从而推断“头对头”基因对共表达的原理. 用网络组分分析法估测顺式调控元件在不同条件下对基因启动子及其活性的影响. 结果揭示了生物系统如何利用这些调控元件调控“头对头”基因对的表达模式和整个转录调控系统.     

植物基因的人工调控表达

通过增加或减少特定诱导物,可精确调节目的基因上游构建的“基因开关”,实现外源目的基因的准确调控,使外源基因在植物体内适时、适量、有效地表达。因此构建一个拥有“基因开关”的人工调控表达系统是势在必行的,该系统的成功构建也将有利于提高转基因植物广泛应用的可能性 。     

高等植物成花分子机理研究现状及展望

以拟南芥、金鱼草为例,介绍了近几年植物成花（包括成花诱导、花序分生组织的组成、花发端、花器官发生及发育）研究的一些进展,着重介绍了成花过程中基因的表达,调控与生理功能。     

高等植物成花基因的研究

高等植物的成花可分为两个阶段：由茎顶端分生组织转变成花分生组织和花器官的形成。前者主要受成花计时基因的控制,而后一阶段主要由植物的同源（异型）框基因调控。本文综述了近年来对植物成花调控基因的研究,并着重对第一阶段成花基因的功能、它们间的相互作用和特点进行了总结。 Abstract:Plant flower can be divided into two phases——from stem apex meristem tissue into flower meristem tissue and floral apparatus.The flower time genes control the flower development and the homologous genes control flower apparatus identify.This paper summarizes recent studies on plant flower and emphasizes on the first phase flower control genes,theirs interaction and function,characteristic of the homologous genes.     

FLC调控植物成花的分子机制研究新进展

FLC是植物成花关键抑制因子, 主要通过结合到其下游2个关键的成花促进基因(FT和SOC1)启动子上而抑制二者的表达。此外, 还可以与其它调控因子结合调控开花。然而, 关于FLC在成花调控中的具体分子机制仍需深入研究。该文主要结合8条成花调控遗传途径, 梳理近年来与FLC相关的新进展, 并展望了未来的研究方向。     

可变剪切在植物成花转换中的作用

精确调控成花转换, 确保植物在适宜环境下开花, 对于植物的成功繁殖和物种繁衍至关重要。开花由多种分子机制在转录、转录后和蛋白质水平进行调控。可变剪切(AS)是一种普遍的转录后水平调控过程, 可从单个基因产生多个转录本, 从而丰富转录组和蛋白质组的多样性。大量研究表明, 可变剪切在成花转换过程中发挥重要作用。根据发育和环境条件, AS能够影响mRNA的稳定性和/或蛋白亚型的功能, 从而调控开花相关基因的功能转录本和/或功能蛋白水平。揭示成花相关pre-mRNA的AS作用将进一步增进人们对开花相关基因功能以及整个成花转换调控网络的认识。该文归纳了涉及成花转换的AS研究进展, 并针对各个调控途径进行总结, 以期为进一步研究植物AS和成花转换调控机制提供参考。     

植物成花转变基因的研究现状

介绍了拟南芥中与开花相关的一系列控制成花的基因,包括花分生组织特异性基因和COPS基因,这些基因相互作用,通过成花抑制路径、自发促进路径、光周期促进路径和春化促进路径来调节植物的成花转变。     

果树成花转变途径与调控研究进展

植物成花转变是营养生长向生殖生长转变的过程,木本果树过长的童期严重制约了育种的进程.相对于模式植物,目前对果树成花转变与调控的研究相对较少.因此,了解并掌握果树成花转变的途径及调控方法,对于缩短果树童期、调控开花,加速果树育种具有重要意义.基于近年来国内外相关研究,本文系统总结了果树的成花途径,阐述了果树栽培措施、植物...     

基因绝缘子——一类新发现的基因调节元件

最近几年,一类称为“绝缘子”的新的基因元件被众多的实验室发现和证实,大大丰富了我们对基因在染色质环境中如何形成拓扑学上独立的调节单元的认识。这个刚刚被找到的又一个基因“黑匣子”,尽管我们对其仍是一知半解,但让人们意外和兴奋的是:这类基因元件能给我们在转基因动物和基因治疗方面的研究和应用提供新的工具 。     

植物成花转变及成花逆转的研究进展

本文主要讨论了植物成花转变及成花逆转等开花研究中应用分子生物学技术所取得的一些进展,描述了成花决定态的特性,5个从拟南芥中分离获得的成花转变的基因,有关光受体的分子生物学研究和造成成花逆转的原因等。     

Effects of Flowering on Photosynthesis and Allocation of Assimilation Product in Two Cypripedium (Orchidaceae) Species

Two Cypripedium species ( C. flavum , C. tibeticum) were selected to investigate the effects of flowering on photosynthesis and allocation of assimilation product by measuring leaf gas exchange, actual quantum efficiency of photosystemⅡ photochemistry (ΦPSⅡ ) and allocation of 14 C. Both ΦPSⅡ and light-saturated rate of electron transport ( Jmax ) were significantly higher in flowering plants than those in nonflowering plants , suggesting that higher photosynthetic rate in flowering plants resulted from the increasing rate of electron transport . Respiratory rate of C. tibeticum was 112% higher inflowering plants than in nonflowering plants, however , the flowering plants of C. flavum only showed an increase of respiratory rate by 22% . This result indicated that flowering of C. tibeticum was expending more energy than that of C. flavum, so there was no significant increase of maximal net photosynthetic rate (Amax ) in flowering C. tibeticum . 14 C allocation showed that the flower and the belowground parts including rhizomes and buds competed each other for assimilation product. Therefore the proportion of assimilation product transferred to the underground parts was reduced by flowering .     

A phenological mid-domain effect in flowering diversity

In this paper, we test the mid-domain hypothesis as an explanation for observed patterns of flowering diversity in two sub-alpine communities of insect-pollinated plants. Observed species richness patterns showed an early-season increase in richness, a mid-season peak, and a late-season decrease. We show that a mid-domain null model can qualitatively match this pattern of flowering species richness, with R² values typically greater than 60%. We find significant or marginally significant departures from expected patterns of diversity for only 3 out of 12 year-site combinations. On the other hand, we do find a consistent pattern of departure when comparing observed versus null-model predicted flowering diversity averaged across years. Our results therefore support the hypothesis that ecological factors shape patterns of flowering phenology, but that the strength or nature of these environmental forcings may differ between years or the two habitats we studied, or may depend on species-specific characteristics of these plant communities. We conclude that mid-domain null models provide an important baseline from which to test departure of expected patterns of flowering diversity across temporal domains. Geometric constraints should be included first in the list of factors that drive seasonal patterns of flowering diversity.     

温度对植物成花的影响

温度对于植物成花的影响是多方面的 ,本文主要从低温、高温和昼夜温差三方面综述了温度影响成花之生理学方面的研究结果。认为温度处理的效果发生于成花启动之前和 /或成花启动进程中的较早步骤 ,其作用可能是间接的。     

Interaction ofFLC and late-flowering mutations inArabidopsis thaliana

The phenotype caused by mutations that affect the timing of flowering inArabidopsis thaliana has been most extensively analyzed in the Landsbergerecta (Ler) genetic background. In Ler, the late-flowering phenotype ofFRIGIDA and mutations inLUMINIDEPENDENS is suppressed by the Ler allele ofFLC. In this study, the interactions of nine mutations conferring late flowering with theFLC allele of the Columbia ecotype (FLC-Col), which does not suppress late flowering, were examined. The effect on flowering time of combining six of the mutations withFLC-Col was additive; plants containingFLC-Col withfd, gi, fwa, fha, ft, andfe flowered slightly later than plants containing these mutations with theLer allele ofFLC. In contrast, a synergistic effect was observed betweenFLC-Col and three mutations;fca, fpa, andfve plants became extremely late flowering when combined withFLC-Col. Maximum delay in flowering for the majority of the mutant strains requiredFLC-Col in a homozygous state, although forfpa andfe a single copy ofFLC-Col allowed maximum lateness. In addition, thefd andfe mutations became more dominant in the presence ofFLC-Col.     

Unique and conserved features of floral evocation in legumes

Legumes, with their unique ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen, play a vital role in ensuring future food security and mitigating the effects of climate change because they use less fossil energy and produce less greenhouse gases compared with N-fertilized systems. Grain legumes are second only to cereal crops as a source of human and animal food, and they contribute approximately one third of the protein consumed by the human population. The productivity of seed crops, such as grain legumes, is dependent on flowering. Despite the genetic variation and importance of flowering in legume production, studies of the molecular pathways that control flowering in legumes are limited.Recent advances in genomics have revealed that legume flowering pathways are divergent from those of such model species as Arabidopsis thaliana. Here, we discuss the current understanding of flowering time regulation in legumes and highlight the unique and conserved features of floral evocation in legumes.     

高等植物开花研究现状简述

本文阐述了高等植物开花（包括光周期和春化作用,花序分生组织形成和花发端,以及花器官发生和发育）研究的一些进展,着重介绍了花发育过程中的基因调控方面的研究成果     

水稻开花期调控的分子机理研究进展

水稻准确地感知外部环境信号,通过内部复杂的基因网络做出反应,在一年中最适合的时候开花繁殖。与长日促进长日模式植物拟南芥开花相反,短日促进短日模式植物水稻开花。通过对水稻和拟南芥的开花期调控机理的对比分析,发现水稻和拟南芥有着一些相对保守的开花期控制基因,其调控机理也是相似的。另外,水稻也有一些独特的开花期控制基因和开花途径。本文着重从光周期对水稻开花期的调控途径和作用机理角度进行了阐述,并对水稻开花期的自然变异与其育种应用、生物钟关联基因、光中断现象和临界日长现象以及开花期与产量的关系进行了总结。     

苎麻雄花开花机理的解剖学研究

本文从解剖学的角度,用立体显微镜和扫描电子显微镜研究了苎麻雄花开花的机理。发现了它的花丝和花药具有与其他一般植物不同的特殊结构和生理功能。成熟的花粉能从花药中散出并向上喷射,是由于花药壁纤维层细胞的不等收缩,引起花药壁破裂,并与花丝内表皮垫状细胞膨胀运动共同协调作用的结果。文章讨论了垫状细胞产生膨胀运动的机理。     

Stress and salicylic acid induce the expression of PnFT2 in the regulation of the stress-induced flowering of Pharbitis nil

Poor nutrition and low temperature stress treatments induced flowering in the Japanese morning glory Pharbitis nil (synonym Ipomoea nil) cv. Violet. The expression of PnFT2, one of two homologs of the floral pathway integrator gene FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT), was induced by stress, whereas the expression of both PnFT1 and PnFT2 was induced by a short-day treatment. There was no positive correlation between the flowering response and the homolog expression of another floral pathway integrator gene SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CO1 and genes upstream of PnFT, such as CONSTANS. In another cultivar, Tendan, flowering and PnFT2 expression were not induced by poor nutrition stress. Aminooxyacetic acid (AOA), a phenylalanine ammonia-lyase inhibitor, inhibited the flowering and PnFT2 expression induced by poor nutrition stress in Violet. Salicylic acid (SA) eliminated the inhibitory effects of AOA. SA enhanced PnFT2 expression under the poor nutrition stress but not under non-stress conditions. These results suggest that SA induces PnFT2 expression, which in turn induces flowering; SA on its own, however, may not be sufficient for induction.