Determining the Roles of the BTB Genes At2g04740, At4g08455, At1g04390, At2g30600 in Arabidopsis thaliana Growth and Development.

Abstract

In plants as well as all living organisms the selective degradation of cellular proteins is important for growth and development. This degradation occurs when a cell no longer has a need for an individual protein, either because some change occurs in the environment or in response to developmental cues. Selective protein degradation occurs by activity of the ubiquitin (Ub)/26S proteasome system. In this project we attempted to identify mutant Arabidopsis plants with T-DNA insertions in four unique genes.