Utsunomiya CampusA research group led by Professor Asahina of Faculty of Science and Engineering has elucidated the mechanism by which cells proliferate when plants repair their own wounds.

On Friday, September 13, 2024, Masashi Asahina, Professor in the Department of Biological Faculty of Science and Engineering Department of Biosciences Teikyo University, in a collaborative study with Hiroaki Iwai, Associate Professor in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, and others, discovered the gene At2-MMP, which is responsible for appropriately controlling cell division activated to fill wounds and complete wound repair, in relation to the self-repair ability of plants.
If progress can be made in identifying the cell division-promoting factors that are the targets of At2-MMP, it is expected that this will lead to the creation of new agricultural and horticultural technologies, such as improving the adhesion efficiency of grafts, treating and protecting plants from damage caused by natural disasters, developing plants that are resistant to injury, and increasing biomass production.
This research paper was published in Plant and Cell Physiology on Friday, September 13, 2024.

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