Student: Sujin Park

Faculty Mentor: Renee Sung

Molecular Characterization of Transgene Induced Phenotypes

Introduction of rice embryonic flower (EMF) genes into Arabidopsis were shown to rescue Arabidopsis emf mutants, but this also resulted in novel phenotypes, potentially through co-suppression of the transgene. Experiments in this project are designed to understand the molecular basis of the new phenotype in order to identify the target genes of the siRNA that is responsible for the novel phenotypes.