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Perception of Symbiotic Signals by Legumes

Reference	BBS/E/J/000CA282
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor J Downie
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Giles Oldroyd
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	John Innes Centre Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	131,272
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/09/2006
End date	31/08/2010
Duration	48 months

Abstract

Nodperception: Project Outline Calcium signalling plays a critical role in transmission of Nod-factor induced signalling. This project will involve analysis of different types of calcium signalling and how they might influence the induction of gene expression and the initiation of infection thread formation. Part of the project will address calcium signalling in novel infection mutants using both micro-injected dyes and available transgenic calcium reporter lines of Medicago truncatula. Metbolic inhibitors will be also be used to try to define what types of signalling events occur upstream of Nod-factor-indiuced calcium spiking, and gene targeted mutations affecting predicted calcium channels and pores will be screened using TILLING with a new fast-neutron mutagenised population of M. truncatula mutants that are likely to have gene deletions.

Summary

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Committee	Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics	Plant Science, Soil 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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