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Characterisation of the systemic wound signal in Arabidopsis

Reference	BBS/B/07888
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor John Turner
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	University of East Anglia
Department	Biological Sciences
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	265,131
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/11/2004
End date	30/06/2008
Duration	44 months

Abstract

Plants respond to local wounds by inducing systemic defence responses that protect against herbivores. Systemic defences in many species require competence to synthesise and respond to jasmonic acid (JA). Little is known about the systemic signal. Here we shall define the function of candidate genes in systemic signalling. For this we shall construct luciferase reporters for wound-induced promoters, and monitor their expression in living Arabidopsis plants. The reporters will be crossed into plants with mutations that moderate wound signalling. The effect of the mutations on initiation, propagation, and reception of the systemic signal will be determined by grafting different genotypes, and monitoring the wound signal across the graft site.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics	Crop Science, Plant Science
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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