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Inactivation of key genes controlling dorsoventrality in flowers

Reference	CAD04307
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Enrico Coen
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Ms Rosemary Carpenter
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	Metabolic Biology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	155,634
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/12/1995
End date	01/06/1999
Duration	42 months

Abstract

We propose to analyse how cells in dorsal and ventral regions of floral meristems in Antirrhinum become progressively committed to adopt distinct fates. A general method for inactivating cloned genes will be developed by exploiting a unique resource of mutagenised seed to screen for transposon insertions within genes of interest by PCR. This approach will be used to inactivate genes that are specifically expressed in dorsal or ventral regions of the developing flower and also to mutate candidate regulatory or target genes thought to be involved in controlling early floral development. In addition, the transposon-mutagenised seed will be used for phenotypic screens to identify further genes involved in dorsoventrality through their effects on flower shape.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Genes & Developmental Biology (GDB)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	Commitment and Determination (CAD) [1995]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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