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Sucrose and other carbohydrates as modulators of gene expression in plants.

ReferenceBBS/E/G/00003501
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Joseph Gallagher
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution Inst of Grassland and Environmental Res
DepartmentInst of Grassland and Environmental Res Department
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 119,731
StatusCompleted
TypeInstitute Project
Start date 01/04/1997
End date 31/03/1998
Duration12 months

Abstract

Sucrose has been identified as an indicator of metabolic poise in plants, which can modulate processes at a number of different levels. We are characterising genes in temperature grasses and cereals that are up- or down-regulated in response to changes in assimilate abundance. Among these are genes involved in the chemical partitioning of current photosynthate. The programme involves the use of differential screening, the characterisation of the resulting gene sequences, a study of their expression and their compartmentation within different tissues of the leaf.

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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
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Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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