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Sustainable production of biodegradable polyesters in starch- storing crop plants

Reference	BBS/E/J/00001113
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Trevor Wang
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	John Innes Centre Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	100,063
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/1997
End date	31/12/1999
Duration	33 months

Abstract

The project involves the identification, isolation and characterisation of bacterial genes involved in the biosynthesis of different mcl-PHAs and PHB. In addition, genes that mediate the supply of sufficient and adequate precursors both from bacterial and plant origin will similarly be isolated and characterised. In different combinations these genes will be introduced, firstly into bacteria and yeasts in order to identify the minimum gene set required for plants, and than introduced into starchless potato and pea. PHAs to be produced will be extracted, processed, characterised and applications will be sought in the food and packaging industry.

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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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