Using an in vivo Functional Approach to Determine Interaction Relationships between an S-Locus F-Box Protein and Two S-RNases of Petunia inflata Involved in Self-Incompatibility

Patrick G Stone

Self-Incompatibility (SI) is a self/non-self recognition mechanism by which pistils of flowering plants reject self-pollen to prevent inbreeding and accept non-self pollen to generate genetic diversity. In Petunia inflata, the polymorphic S-RNase gene encodes the pistil determinant, and 17 S-locus F-box (SLF) genes encode the pollen determinant. I have expressed S2-SLF13 fused with Green Fluorescent Protein in S2S3 and S2S7 transgenic plants to determine the interaction relationships between S2-SLF13 and S3-RNase and S7-RNase.
Major: 
BMB
Exhibition Category: 
Health and Life Sciences
Exhibition Format: 
Poster Presentation
Campus: 
University Park
Faculty Sponsor: 
Teh-hui Kao , Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Poster Number: 
306