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Lignification and the mechanical properties of plant cell walls

Reference	C04238
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Michael Jarvis
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Colin Snape
Institution	University of Glasgow
Department	School of Chemistry
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	171,300
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/10/1994
End date	30/09/1997
Duration	36 months

Abstract

This is a multidisciplinary project at three centres, Glasgow, Strathclyde and Reading. A separate RG2 but with the same case for support will be submitted from Reading by Dr J Vincent. The overall aim is to show how lignification of plant cell walls affects the mechanical properties of the tissue at both the molecular and the macroscopic level. The objectives are: (i) to use solid state 13C NMR of cell walls from normal, mutant and transgenic plants to demonstrate how rigidity of lignin depends upon its molecular structure and how it affects the rest of the cell wall; and (of equal priority). (ii) to determine the mechanical consequences of these changes at the tissue level (at Reading).

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Committee	Closed Committee - Biochemistry & Cell Biology (BCB)
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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