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Signal integration during the floral transition
Reference
BBS/E/J/000C0636
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Dr Philip Wigge
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
John Innes Centre
Department
John Innes Centre Department
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
257,701
Status
Completed
Type
Institute Project
Start date
01/12/2004
End date
31/05/2012
Duration
90 months
Abstract
This project seeks to understand how information is integrated before and during the floral transition. Plants must sense multiple external as well as internal cues, such as temperature, daylength, hormones and light quality and use this information to determine when to flower. We are studying this problem in the model systems Arabidopsis thaliana and Brachypodium distachyon. We are using a variety of approaches including genetic screens, chromatin immunopurification, transcriptomics and mathematical modelling to obtain a broader understanding of how signal integration occurs during flowering. A molecular knowledge of how flowering is regulated has important consequences for plant improvement programs.
Summary
unavailable
Committee
Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics
Plant Science, Systems Biology
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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