Programmed cell death in the moss Physcomitrella patens : studying the role of metacaspases in archegonia development through gene knockout by homologous recombination

The knowledge of programmed cell death (PCD) in plants is limited. The gene family of caspases in animals is known to be important for the execution of PCD. Putative homologues to caspases have been found in plants and are referred to as metacaspases. The model moss Physcomitrella patens is known to...

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Autor principal: Persson, Karl
Formato: M2
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: SLU/Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics (until 131231) 2012
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description The knowledge of programmed cell death (PCD) in plants is limited. The gene family of caspases in animals is known to be important for the execution of PCD. Putative homologues to caspases have been found in plants and are referred to as metacaspases. The model moss Physcomitrella patens is known to possess a high frequency of homologous recombination, which can be exploited for the generation of targeted gene knockout mutants. The female reproductive organ in P. patens shows rapid cell degradation during its maturation. This cell degradation is believed to be caused by PCD, and is therefore used as a model to study the process. A new metacaspase 5 knockout construct was successfully produced during this project, which, together with a metacaspase 3 construct received from a collaborator, was transformed into moss to generate two metacaspase single knockout lines and four double knockout lines.
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spelling RepoSLU47972012-09-18T12:00:50Z Programmed cell death in the moss Physcomitrella patens : studying the role of metacaspases in archegonia development through gene knockout by homologous recombination Persson, Karl Gene technology Biotechnology Knockout Reverse genetics Homologous recombination Cloning Physcomitrella patens Archegonia Programmed cell death metacaspases The knowledge of programmed cell death (PCD) in plants is limited. The gene family of caspases in animals is known to be important for the execution of PCD. Putative homologues to caspases have been found in plants and are referred to as metacaspases. The model moss Physcomitrella patens is known to possess a high frequency of homologous recombination, which can be exploited for the generation of targeted gene knockout mutants. The female reproductive organ in P. patens shows rapid cell degradation during its maturation. This cell degradation is believed to be caused by PCD, and is therefore used as a model to study the process. A new metacaspase 5 knockout construct was successfully produced during this project, which, together with a metacaspase 3 construct received from a collaborator, was transformed into moss to generate two metacaspase single knockout lines and four double knockout lines. SLU/Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics (until 131231) 2012 M2 eng https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/4797/
spellingShingle Gene technology
Biotechnology
Knockout
Reverse genetics
Homologous recombination
Cloning
Physcomitrella patens
Archegonia
Programmed cell death
metacaspases
Persson, Karl
Programmed cell death in the moss Physcomitrella patens : studying the role of metacaspases in archegonia development through gene knockout by homologous recombination
title Programmed cell death in the moss Physcomitrella patens : studying the role of metacaspases in archegonia development through gene knockout by homologous recombination
title_full Programmed cell death in the moss Physcomitrella patens : studying the role of metacaspases in archegonia development through gene knockout by homologous recombination
title_fullStr Programmed cell death in the moss Physcomitrella patens : studying the role of metacaspases in archegonia development through gene knockout by homologous recombination
title_full_unstemmed Programmed cell death in the moss Physcomitrella patens : studying the role of metacaspases in archegonia development through gene knockout by homologous recombination
title_short Programmed cell death in the moss Physcomitrella patens : studying the role of metacaspases in archegonia development through gene knockout by homologous recombination
title_sort programmed cell death in the moss physcomitrella patens : studying the role of metacaspases in archegonia development through gene knockout by homologous recombination
topic Gene technology
Biotechnology
Knockout
Reverse genetics
Homologous recombination
Cloning
Physcomitrella patens
Archegonia
Programmed cell death
metacaspases