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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
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Genetically Altered Plant Species
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Genetically Altered Plant Species
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Researchers in Robert Ferl?s lab at the University of Florida in Gainesville, genetically altered this Arabdopsis Thaliana (a brassica species) plant to learn how extreme environments, such as the low atmospheric pressure on Mars, affect plant genes. They inserted green fluorescent protein (GFP) near the on/off switches for anoxia and drought genes. When those genes were turned on after exposure to reduced atmospheric pressure, GFP was turned on as well, causing cells expressing those genes to glow green under a blue light. The natural fluorescence of chlorophyll accounts for the red glow.
Full_Description
Researchers in Robert Ferl?s lab at the University of Florida in Gainesville, genetically altered this Arabdopsis Thaliana (a brassica species) plant to learn how extreme environments, such as the low atmospheric pressure on Mars, affect plant genes. They inserted green fluorescent protein (GFP) near the on/off switches for anoxia and drought genes. When those genes were turned on after exposure to reduced atmospheric pressure, GFP was turned on as well, causing cells expressing those genes to glow green under a blue light. The natural fluorescence of chlorophyll accounts for the red glow.
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Date of Image:
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2003-03-03
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2003-03-03
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Category:
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Space Science
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Space Science
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Space Biology
Keywords
Space Biology
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Arabdopsis
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Genetic Alteration
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Genetic Alteration
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Genes
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Plants
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GFP
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Mars
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Mars
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Florida
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Florida
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Mars
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Mars
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Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
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Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
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Reference Number:
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MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
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MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
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MIX #:
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0700432
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NIX #:
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MSFC-0700432
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MSFC Negative Number:
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0700432
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0700432
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UID:
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SPD-MARSH-0700432
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SPD-MARSH-0700432
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