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Molecular cell biology of plant development

Reference	BBS/E/C/00004666
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Peter Shewry
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr Smita Kurup
Institution	Rothamsted Research
Department	Rothamsted Research Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	347,649
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/2004
End date	31/03/2008
Duration	48 months

Abstract

Our objective is: a) To identify new loci in Arabidopsis that play a role in the cellular development and specification of cell fate, with emphasis on embryogenesis and meristem development. b) To understand signalling cues that establish developmental patterns.Plant development depends on asymmetric cell division. The final form of plants is due to different patterns of cell division and cell expansion. The control of plant development is determined both by cell lineage and positional information from individual cells. The basic features of a plant¿s body plan are established during embryogenesis. Embryo and seed development are vital developmental processes, but very few transcription factors that regulate these stages are known. The use of targeted gene expression, enhancer trap lines and marking developmental stages during embryogenesis will help identify new candidate genes that play a major role in embryo, seed and meristem development. These studies are designed to identifiy genes or regulators that are expressed at a particular developmental stage and facilitate elucidation of the function of these regulators.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
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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