The Effect of Light Exposure on the Accumulation of RNA Transcripts for Pea Chloroplast Genes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Daines, Michael O.
Corporate Author:	Texas A & M University. University Undergraduate Fellow Program
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	[College Station, Texas] : Texas A&M University, 1989.
Subjects:	atpF gene expression light exposure plant genes rbcL rbcL-hybridizing transcripts Undergraduate thesis
Online Access:	Available on OAKTrust.

Description
Abstract:	I am investigating the effects of light on the accumulation of mRNA for the atpF and rbcL chloroplast genes. Light exposure affects the expression of some plant genes. Chloroplasts are genetically semi-autonomous when compared with the rest of the cell and have their own regulatory mechanisms. Using Northern blot analysis we examined the steady state levels of transcripts of atpF and rbcL. We determined that the levels of rbcL-hybridizing transcripts were photoregulated, as has been reported (2). We have not yet gotten good results for the atpF gene transcripts.
Item Description:	Undergraduate thesis written for Program year: 1988/1989
Physical Description:	Digitized from print version held at Pickle Center High Density Storage, barcode 24829717.