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Molecular analysis of xylem differentiation in higher plants

ReferenceBBS/E/J/00001324
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Dr Maureen McCann
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution John Innes Centre
DepartmentJohn Innes Centre Department
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 28,470
StatusCompleted
TypeInstitute Project
Start date 01/08/2000
End date 31/07/2002
Duration24 months

Abstract

Development of xylem, the water-conducting tissue in plants, involves several fundamental processes of plant growth and development, including cell division, cell expansion, formation of secondary cell walls and programmed cell death. The entire process can be studied in a model system, the Zinnia mesophyll cell system. This model system offers the opportunity of understanding the nature of cell commitment to a new fate, the signal transduction pathway and the downstream differentiation events that are required to produce a xylem cell.

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Committee Closed Committee - Genes & Developmental Biology (GDB)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
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