As the site of photosynthesis,
the chloroplast is the defining organelle of green plants and may be
thought of as the world’s
life-support system. We have chosen it for functional genomics studies
because it produces many molecules important to agriculture and human
health yet is similar in complexity to a bacterial cell.
Recent publication from the project:
Lu, Y. L.J. Savage, I. Ajjawi, K.M. Imre, D.W. Yoder, C. Benning, D. DellaPenna, J.B. Ohlrogge, K.W. Osteryoung, A. P. Weber, C.G. Wilkerson and R.L. Last. 2008. New Connections Across Pathways and Cellular Processes: Industrialized Mutant Screening Reveals Novel Associations between Diverse Phenotypes in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, DOI:10.1104/pp.107.115220
To read this paper click here
(updated 09/08)
The pipeline continues to accept new homozygous lines as they become available and the first version of the data analysis tools database is being tested by project members.
To take advantage of new in silico and experimental analysis we have expanded the universe of genes that are being included in our analysis. These genes are from stromal proteomics data from Klaas van Wijk at Cornell University and annotation made available from the SubCellular Proteomic Database (SUBA) at the Plant Energy Biology Centre of Excellence in Australia.
The gene list can be found elsewhere on this website.
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Summer Research Experiences
During the summer of 2009 internships in plant genomics will be available for undergraduate
students, secondary science teachers, and faculty. Stipends, mentoring,
and a variety of participating labs will make this a great opportunity
for those aspiring to gain an exciting summer experience. For information about the MSU Plant Genomics Summer Training Program go to www.plantgenomics.msu.edu.
Protocols that we use for this project are being added to this website. For more information click here.
Chloroplast 2010 is a collaborative Arabidopsis functional genomics project funded by a National Science Foundation grant to Michigan State University.
