Genetic mapping and molecular characterization of tbr1 mutant in Arabidopsis thaliana [Elektronische Ressource] / Ana-Silvia Nita

“GENETIC MAPPING AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF tbr1 MUTANT IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA” Dissertation Zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.) der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Facultät der Universität Potsdam A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) to the University of Potsdam ANA-SILVIA NITA ANA-SILVIA NITA Potsdam, June 2005 Table of contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank and express my gratitude to Prof. Dr. Mark Stitt, Director of Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology (MPIMP), Golm, for reviewing my thesis and opportunity to accomplish my thesis in the institute. I would like to thank to my direct supervisor the leader of Molecular Genomics Group, Dr. Wolf-Rüdiger Scheible, for his supervision during my thesis work. My very special thanks and gratitude to Prof. Dr. Thomas Altmann for closely following the project, for valuable suggestions and his kindness to review my work progress reports over the three years and the final thesis work. Many thanks also to Dr. Markus Pauly, for his comments and suggestions, as one of the additional supervisors to follow the project progress. I would like to thank all the members (present and former) of Molecular Genomics Group –, Dr. Daniel Osuna, Dr. Jens-Hölger Dieterich, Ms. Grit Rubin, Ms. Uta Deiting, Ms. Dana Schindelasch, Mr.