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Glutathione transferases in wheat responsible for herbicide selectivity

Reference	D05265
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Robert Edwards
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Durham University
Department	Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	60,928
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/09/1995
End date	01/09/1998
Duration	36 months

Abstract

1) To purify the GSTs responsible for herbicide detoxification in wheat, to identify the respective coding sequences in a cDNA library and express the recombinant enzymes in bacteria. 2) To characterise the recombinant and plant GST activities with a range of pesticide substrates and use this information to help design new highly active herbicides containing functional groups which will allow them to be readily detoxified in wheat. 3) To study the regulation of wheat GSTs by herbicide safeners in order to improve their current and future use.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
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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