Molecular Biology of Rice

ISBN-13: 9784431702153 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 304 str.

Ko Shimamoto; K. Shimamoto

Opis

Recent advances in genome analysis and transformation have made rice a model monocot for molecular biologists. This volume covers four areas of rice molecular biology in which exciting progress has been made re cently _ genome analysis and gene isolation, development, regulation o f gene expression, and transformation and rice improvement. It will be of great interest to researchers who work in traditional agricultural sciences using rice, as well as to those who have an interest in usin g rice as an experimental model for basic research. The book gives an overall view on what has already been done, as well as what will be po ssible in rice. It presents chapters on development and gene regulatio n, an exciting future research area and explores potentials in rice im provement using various molecular biological methods.

Spis treści

Genome analysis and gene isolation: Current status of genome analysis in rice, Takuji Sasaki (RGP, Tsukuba).- Genome analysis and rice breeding, David J. Mackill (University of California).- Retrotransposons and gene isolation, Hirohiko Hirochika (NIAR, Tsukuba).- Ac/Ds as tools for rice molecular biology, Ko Shimamoto (Nara Inst. Sci. Tech).- Development: Morphogenetic mutants of rice, Yasuro Nagato (Univ. Tokyo).- Flower development, Junko Kyozuka (Nara Inst. Sci. Tech).- Homeo-box genes, Makoto Matsuoka ( Nagoya Univ.).- Regulation of gene expression: Regulation of gene expression by ABA, Tsukaho Hattori (Mie Univ.).- Regulation of alpha-amylase gene expression, Yu Su-May (Acad. Sinica, Taiwan).- Storage protein gene expression, Fumio Takaiwa (NIAR, Tsukuba).- Molecular biology of rice-pathogen interaction, Guo-Liang Wang (The National Univ. Singapore).- Transformation and rice improvement: Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, Toshihiko Komari (Japan Tobacco Inc.).- Genetic engineering of virus resistance, Peter Waterhouse (CSIRO, Australia).- Rice improvement by transformation, Ingo Potrykus (Inst. Plant Sci., ETH).

O autorze

Rice sustains more than half the world population. In addition, rice is becoming a model monocot for molecular biologists because of recent advances in genome analysis and transformation. This book will be of great interest to researchers who work on traditional agricultural sciences using rice, as well as those who have interests in using rice as experimental materials for basic research.