Project description:To test whether hide or fish glue was used to fix bark decorations to the body of a wood bow (of a different species) found during the archaeological excavation of at the site “Parkhaus-Opéra” in Zurich (Switzerland), dated by dendrochronology to 3175 - 3157 BC, we attempted extraction of collagen residues from wood flakes collected from two areas of the bow surface under the bark and their identification by on-line nanoflow reversed-phase C18 liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry.
Project description:Wood maturation produces two distinct wood tissues: juvenile wood (JW) and mature wood (LW), which are the major cause of wood qaulity variation within a tree. We investigate transcriptome reorganization during wood maturation process in radiata pine using a newly developed 18k cDNA microarrays.
Project description:Gene expression analysis by high-throughtput RNA-sequencing from roots of waterlogged jatropha (Jatropha curcas). Six leaf stage seedlings (~30 d.o.) were subjected to 24 h of soil waterlogging.
Project description:Aerenchyma is a specialized tissue consisting of longitudinal gas spaces, which enables internal movement of gases (e.g., O2, CO2, ethylene and methane), in plant roots, petioles and stems. Especially, internal transport of oxygen via aerenchyma from shoots to roots is very important for adaptation or survival of plants under waterlogged condition. To identify aerenchyma formation-associated genes expressed in maize root, we used LM combined with a microarray for monitoring genes expressed in root cortical cells under three conditions: under aerobic condition and under waterlogged condition with and without pretreatment with 1-MCP, an inhibitor of ethylene perception.
Project description:Seasonal wood development results in two distinct wood types: earlywood (EW) and latewood (LW), which is the major cause of wood qaulity variation. We investigate transcriptome reorganization during seasonal wood development in radiata pine using a newly developed 18k cDNA microarrays.
Project description:To adapt to waterlogging in soil, some gramineous plants, such as maize (Zea mays), form lysigenous aerenchyma in the root cortex. Ethylene, which is accumulated during waterlogging, promotes aerenchyma formation. Aerencyma is formedonly in cortex in maise root. Therevore, aerenchyma is one of the model of programmed cell death. However, the molecular mechanism of aerenchyma formation is not understood. Therefore we isolated only cortex cells in maize primary root using laser microdissection. And microarray analysis was perforemed to identify the arechyma formation related genes. For microarray analysis, we designed 4 different experiments. Basal part and apical part of root were used for 1st experiment because arenchyma was formed in basal part of root, but not in apex. In second experiment, basal part of root with 6 hours waterlogged treatment and without treatment were used. And, as aerenchyma was induced by ethylene, ethylene and 1-MCP (inhibitor of ethylen perception) were used for experiment3 and 4. Gene expression analysis in 4 kinds of samples (cortex in basal reagion of maize primary root which were treated with waterlogged condition, aerobic condition, ethylene and 1-MCP and cortex in apical reagion of maize primary root which were treated with waterlogged conditio)
