Functional analysis of a miRNA target gene from sugarcane

• Grant number: 11/23304-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2012
• End date: April 30, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Genetics - Plant Genetics
• Principal Investigator: Marcelo Menossi Teixeira
• Grantee: Jennifer Ribeiro Paiva
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Drought is a major abiotic stress in plants and affects the productivity of sugarcane. Our research group has identified several miRNA repressed by drought in sugarcane plants grown in the field, indicating that their targets have increased expression in this condition. This project aims to produce transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana overexpressing a sugarcane gene that is a target of a miRNA identified in our studies.(AU)