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Isolation of genes controlling flowering time in Arabidopsis

Reference	BBS/E/J/00000582
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor George Coupland
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	John Innes Centre Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	359,728
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/1997
End date	31/08/2001
Duration	53 months

Abstract

The objective of this work is to isolate and study the function of genes that regulate flowering time in Arabidopsis. Two genes are being studied in detail. The GIGANTEA gene is of interest because our genetic analysis suggests that the gene is in the same genetic pathway and upstream of the CONSTANS gene, which we cloned previously. The GIGANTEA gene is being cloned by map-based cloning and its gene product will be studied in detail. The LHY gene was cloned by transposon tagging. One dominant LHY mutation is available and causes the gene to be over-expressed. The biochemical function of expression affects the rythmicity of CAB expression, and the role if LHY in circadian rhythm regulation is being studied with Dr Carre.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Genes & Developmental Biology (GDB)
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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