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    The first confirmation that Insects synthesize Cytokinins: Cytokinin metabolite and gene expression profiling following functional manipulations of tRNA IPT genes in Drosophila melanogaster

    Year: 2025, 2025
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Andreas, Peter Frank, Thesis advisor (ths): Emery, R.J. N, Degree committee member (dgc): Beresford, David V, Degree committee member (dgc): Kisiala, Anna B, Degree committee member (dgc): Morrison, Erin N, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>Using Drosophila deficiency (Df) and Over Expression (OE) (GAL4/UAS&gt;dCas9-VPR; sgRNA) gene systems, it was demonstrated that Dmel_CG31381 and Dmel_CG11089 are functional tRNA isopentenyltransferase (EC 2.5.1.8) genes (tRNA IPT1 and IPT2) critical to the first committed step in insect cytokinin biosynthesis. IPT Df mutants showed significant decreases in total CK levels and IPT1/… more