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201a: Perception and transduction of plant growth substance signals

Reference	BBS/E/H/00030336
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Richard Napier
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	University of Warwick
Department	Warwick HRI
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	477,586
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/1997
End date	31/03/2000
Duration	36 months

Abstract

Analysis of auxin signal transduction. Plant growth and development are regulated by endogenous hormones. The project concerns the isolation and characterisation of receptor proteins for plant hormones, especially those for auxins and auxin transport inhibitors. Biochemical, immunological and molecular procedures are used to study the structure, function and cellular localisation of receptors and transduction pathways. The project contributes to the need to understand the genetic and molecular control of biochemical and signalling pathways of plants. The primary output is an increased understanding of how plant hormones regulate plant growth and development. Knowledge of receptor structure and signalling may permit the design of new hormone agonists or antagonists and the generation of plants with novel and beneficial features. Synthetic hormone analogues are extensively used in agriculture and horticulture. This research can be expected to contribute to the development of novel plant growth regulators (PGRs) and of plants with beneficial growth characteristics.

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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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