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Role of ROOT HAIR DEFECTIVE2 in cell growth

ReferenceBBS/B/04498
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Liam Dolan
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution John Innes Centre
DepartmentCell and Develop Biology
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 225,210
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 09/09/2004
End date 08/08/2008
Duration47 months

Abstract

The spatial regulation of growth is an important determinant of plant form. We discovered that reactive oxygen species (ROS) is produced by RHD2/AtrbohC control cell growth. The sub-cellular distribution of ROS indicates that the spatial distribution of ROS dictates the sites of growth on a cell. We therefore predict that the spatial distribution of RHD2/AtrbohC protein and its regulators specifies the sites of cell growth. The aims of this proposal are to characterise the distribution of RHD2/AtrhohC in growing cells, determine if RHD2/AtrbohC co-localises with ROP GTP-ases which are located at growth points and to identify other members of the RHD2/AtrboC gene family that regulate cell growth.

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Committee Closed Committee - Genes & Developmental Biology (GDB)
Research TopicsPlant Science
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative X - not in an Initiative
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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