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Engineering plants for the phytodetoxification of explosives

Reference	E15011
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Neil Bruce
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor James Murray
Institution	University of Cambridge
Department	Institute of Biotechnology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	259,082
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/04/2001
End date	30/04/2003
Duration	25 months

Abstract

Plants offer many advantages over bacteria as agents for bioremediation; however, they typically lack the degradative capabilities of specially selected bacteria. Transgenic plants expressing microbial degradative genes could combine the best advantages of both systems. To investigate this possibility in the context of bioremediation of explosive residues, this project aims to generate transgenic plants expressing PETN reductase, aromatic nitroreductase and RDX lyase; these are enzymes from explosives degrading bacteria. Work will focus on expanding the range of explosives that a single transgenic plant can simultaneously degrade. A particular objective of this project will be the introduction of PETN reductase and nitroreductase into yellow poplar; an environmentally robust plant that has potential for in situ bioremediation. (MOD joint grant scheme).

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Committee	Closed Committee - Engineering & Biological Systems (EBS)
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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BBS/X/00026 Engineering plants for the phytodetoxification of explosives

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