Characterizing Dna2 in Model Plant Arabidopsis

Authors

Connor Woodward, Brigham Young University
Brent Nielsen, Brigham Young University

Keywords

characterizing Dna2, Arabidopsis thaliana, plant model

College

Life Sciences

Department

Microbiology and Molecular Biology

Abstract

Dna2 is a protein that is known to be essential for DNA replication in human and yeast mitochondria. In these organisms it acts as both a helicase and an endonuclease. In the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana an ortholog of Dna2 exists but has never been studied. Two questions were answered in this study. The first question is “What would happen to A. thaliana plants that lacked Dna2?”. The second is “Where is Dna2 localized in plant cells?”

Recommended Citation

Woodward, Connor and Nielsen, Brent (2015) "Characterizing Dna2 in Model Plant Arabidopsis," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2015: Iss. 1, Article 148.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2015/iss1/148