Characterization of genes preferentialy expressed during corona development in Passiflora edulis Sims. (Passifloraceae)

• Grant number: 11/14596-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2012
• End date: February 28, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Botany
• Principal Investigator: Marcelo Carnier Dornelas
• Grantee: Conrado de Campos Gonçalves
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The project aims the characterization of transcription factors involved with the development of the corona, a typical floral organ of the Passifloraceae. This structure is absent in current plant models for the molecular biology of reproduction. In Passifloraceae the corona is involved with plant-polinator interactions. Expressed sequence tags generated by the PASSIOMA project will be used to produce macro-arrays F. Once corona-specific sequences are identified, the 5´-cis regulatory region of these sequences will be obtained. In the future, these sequences could be useful to generate reporter gene constructs aiming corona-directed gene expression.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

GONÇALVES, Conrado de Campos. Characterization of genes of transcription factors expressed in corona in Passiflora edulis Sims. (Passifloraceae). 2014. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Biologia Campinas, SP.