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Plant genomics and growth control

Reference	BBS/E/J/00000584
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Michael Bevan
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	John Innes Centre Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	3,059,219
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/1997
End date	31/03/2017
Duration	240 months

Abstract

This project is focussed on developing genomics and functional genomics resources for experimental and crop plants, plus the bioinformatics and databases required to analyse and distribute plant genomic data. Projects include Arabidopsis, rice, Brachypodium distachyon and bread wheat. The approaches taken include long-range physical mapping using fingerprinted BACs and increasingly next generation sequencing. Collaborative work with the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) in the application of sequence assembly methods and with MIPS in Germany to identify and annotate genes is a key aspect of this work. The project also encompasses research in Arabidopsis that aims to understand the molecular mechanisms controlling growth and how environmental factors and nutrient availability interact with growth control pathways. Work focuses on the control of the period of cell proliferation during organogenesis and the mechanisms that signal nutrient availability to cell proliferative processes.

Summary

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Committee	Not funded via Committee
Research Topics	Crop Science, Plant Science
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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