Modification of plant cell wall component and method of regulating development differentiation

摘要

By using a positional cloning technique, a single gene causing the ACW2 mutation, which results in abnormalities in plant cell wall synthesis and development/differentiation, has been successfully identified over a broad chromosomal region and isolated. Since the ACW2 gene thus isolated affects plant cell wall synthesis and development/differentiation, the present inventors discovered that the plant cell wall can be modified or the development/differentiation can be regulated by targeting the ACW2 gene, or genes analogous thereto.