Flowers initiate in the periphery of the shoot apical meristem, a dome-like structure at the apex of a plant that allows plants to initiate new organs throughout their life. After outgrowth of the flower primordium from the shoot meristem, floral organ primordia appear in characteristic positions within the flower and undergo coordinated cellular behaviors and morphogenesis to develop into one of four organ types. This project will investigate little-understood aspects of flower development by studying the roles and regulatory targets of two key transcription factors in Arabidopsis thaliana: AINTEGUMENTA (ANT) andAINTEGUMENTA-LIKE6 (AIL6). The student will be trained in cutting edge plant developmental genetics, genomics including whole-genome chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP-Seq) and transcriptome (RNA-Seq) studies, and bioinformatics. These studies will provide novel insights into transcriptional networks controlling floral organogenesis
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Beth Krizek
Department of Biology,University of South Carolina
Phone Number: 803-777-1876Email: [email protected] Website:Krizek lab homepage |