Characterization of a circadian rhythm mutant identified in a genetic screen in Neurospora crassa

dc.creatorKeasler, Victor Vasco
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-22T20:41:04Z
dc.date.available2013-02-22T20:41:04Z
dc.date.created2002
dc.date.issued2013-02-22
dc.descriptionDue to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item.en
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 27-28).en
dc.description.abstractMost organisms display daily rhythms in biochemical, physiological, and behavioral events. Examples of these rhythms include photosynthesis in plants and sleep/wake cycles in birds and mammals. These daily rhythms are controlled by an internal timekeeper called the circadian clock. In the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa, asexual spore formation, known as conidiation, is under control of the circadian clock. Neurospora is a premier organism for the study of the circadian clock because the fungus is easy to manipulate, both genetically and biochemically, and the conidiation rhythm is easily monitored using specialized growth tubes called race tubes. One property of the circadian clock is that it can be reset by an environmental stimulus, such as a light or temperature pulse. This resetting is easily viewed on a race tube as a change in the phase of the conidiation rhythm. To identify genes involved in clock resetting, a genetic approach has been undertaken. In this approach we use ultraviolet (UV) light to mutate Neurospora conidia. Following germination, the mutagenized cells are tested on race tubes for a loss of rhythmicity or failure to reset their clock in response to a light pulse. To date, 1300 mutagenized cells have been tested and twenty mutant strains with an altered developmental rhythm have been identified. I am currently characterizing one of the mutant strains, which is arrhythmic. The goal of this project is to genetically map the mutation that causes arrythmicity and clone the respective gene.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2002-Fellows-Thesis-K39
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherTexas A&M University
dc.rightsThis thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use.en
dc.subjectlife sciences II.en
dc.subjectMajor life sciences II.en
dc.titleCharacterization of a circadian rhythm mutant identified in a genetic screen in Neurospora crassaen
dc.type.genrethesisen
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thesis.degree.departmentlife sciences IIen
thesis.degree.disciplinelife sciences IIen
thesis.degree.levelUndergraduateen
thesis.degree.nameFellows Thesisen

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