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503: The regulation of leaf senescence
Reference
BBS/E/H/00VB0222
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Vicky Buchanan-Wollaston
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
University of Warwick
Department
Warwick HRI
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
347,000
Status
Completed
Type
Institute Project
Start date
01/04/2005
End date
31/03/2006
Duration
12 months
Abstract
"The overall aims of the senescence research programme are to identify and characterise the key genes/proteins that control gene expression during leaf senescence in Arabidopsis and to use these to elucidate the complex signalling networks that operate during senescence. We are using Arabidopsis functional genomics resources to investigate the role of regulator genes that are increased in expression during senescence. Insertion mutants in each gene of interest have been analysed using microarrays to investigate potential changes in gene expression. Genes that appear to be important in signalling pathways in senescence are being targeted for further analysis. The role of these will be assessed using yeast 2 hybrid analysis and detailed characterisation of insertion and overexpression mutants. Promoter studies will be initiated on selected genes to identify the upstream regulators."
Summary
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Committee
Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics
X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority
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Research Initiative
X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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