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(2024) C-TERMINAL DOMAIN PHOSPHATASE-LIKE 1 promotes flowering with TAF15b by repressing the floral repressor gene FLOWERING LOCUS C, Molecules and Cells
(2023) Vernalization-triggered expression of the antisense transcript COOLAIR is mediated by CBF genes, eLife
(2022) Recent advances in the chromatin-based mechanism of FLOWERING LOCUS C repression through autonomous pathway genes, Frontiers in Plant Science
(2022) HEAT SHOCK TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR B2b acts as a transcriptional repressor of VIN3, a gene induced by long-term cold for flowering, Scientific Reports
(2022) The two clock proteins CCA1 and LHY activate VIN3 transcription during vernalization through the vernalization-responsive cis-element, The Plant Cell
(2018) Role of TAF15b in transcriptional regulation of autonomous pathway for flowering, Plant Signaling & Behavior
(2018) MUN (MERISTEM UNSTRUCTURED), encoding a SPC24 homolog of NDC80 kinetochore complex, affects development through cell division in Arabidopsis thaliana, The Plant Journal
(2018) A molecular basis behind heterophylly in an amphibious plant, Ranunculus trichophyllus, PLoS Genetics
(2018) TAF15b, involved in the autonomous pathway for flowering, represses transcription of FLOWERING LOCUS C, The Plant Journal
(2017) Comparative analysis of molecular and physiological traits between perennial Arabis alpina Pajares and annual Arabidopsis thaliana Sy-0, Scientific Reports

Welcome to
Plant Developmental Genetics Lab

Plants, which produce organic carbon compounds through photosynthesis, settle in one place unlike animals that roam in search of food. However, the sedentary lifestyle of plants presents another challenge for their survival due to the constant changes in their surroundings. Therefore, plants have developed adaptive mechanisms through lengthy evolutionary processes, resulting in unique growth and developmental characteristics. The Plant Development Genetics Lab has been investigating the genetic mechanisms that govern plant growth and development, using Arabidopsis thaliana, whose genome information was fully elucidated in the late 2000s. Specifically, we conduct biochemical, molecular genetic, and developmental biological studies aimed at understanding the mechanism behind floral induction in plants.

Every plant residing in its natural environment blooms during a specific season. This implies that plants can detect seasonal environmental shifts and, furthermore, possess a regulatory mechanism allowing them to flower under optimal environmental conditions. Plants also respond to environmental factors and only bloom once they have reached a certain reproductive age, similar to animals. Our lab is dedicated to unraveling various questions such as:

1. How do plants monitor their developmental status to reach reproductive maturity?
2. How do plants perceive seasonal changes in their surroundings, such as changes in light and temperature, to determine the timing of flowering?
3. What signals are conveyed to the shoot apical meristem following floral induction, and what subsequent physiological and genetic changes take place?

In particular, we are focusing on analyzing the complex gene regulatory networks that plants possess to precisely control the timing of flowering.