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Novel regulatory roles for plant glycosyl transferases

Reference9708855
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Dianna Bowles
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution University of York
DepartmentBiology
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 128,261
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 01/07/1997
End date 01/07/1999
Duration24 months

Abstract

The project is based on recent data from my laboratory showing that glycosyl tranferases (GTases) involved in conjugation of small molecular weight substrates play casual and quite unexpected roles in plant wound and pathogen responses. Two areas of research will be explored: (1) volatile biosynthesis and emission from plants challenged by wound- and pathogen-related elicitors and the role of GTases in these processes; (2) characterisation of novel GTases, their expression patterns and their roles during biotic and abiotic stress responses. The proposed research will take novel ideas through to the proof-of-concept stage, and thereby catalyse future interactions involving plant biotechnology with UK industry.

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Committee Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative ROPA 1997 (ROPA1997) [1997]
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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