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Dissecting the cell biology of plastid division
Reference
C17189
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Simon Moller
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
University of Leicester
Department
Biology
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
222,500
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
01/11/2002
End date
30/11/2005
Duration
37 months
Abstract
Plastids are essential integrative organelles of plant cells and the aim of this project is to identify new protein components involved in plastid division and to integrate these into a cellular network. This will be achieved using several approaches: (i) use bacterial division as a paradigm to examine the evolutionary conservation of division processes employing protein:protein interaction studies and reverse genetics, (ii) use protein:protein interaction studies to isolate novel plastid division components and their respective mutants, and (iii) analyse global changes in nuclear gene expression profiles in response to controlled temporal plastid division arrest. The integrative strategy taken, employing cell biology, proteomics, and genomics, will enable us to assemble the building blocks that constitute the fundamental biological process of plastid division.
Summary
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Committee
Closed Committee - Biochemistry & Cell Biology (BCB)
Research Topics
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Research Priority
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Research Initiative
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Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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