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Molecular and cellular characterisation of gametophytic mutants affecting cell migration in Arabidopsis

Reference	G12915
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor David Twell
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	University of Leicester
Department	Biology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	145,822
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	10/01/2000
End date	31/03/2003
Duration	38 months

Abstract

The overall aim of the proposed work is to identify and analyse the molecular components involved in a unique developmental cell migration in plants; the intracellular migration of the generative cell into the vegetative cell following pollen mitosis I. The specific objectives are: (1) the genetic and cytological characterisation of three limpet pollen (lip1,2,3) mutants which act gametophytically during early pollen development to prevent generative cell migration, (2) the molecular cloning of the T-DNA/transposon tagged gene(s) responsible for the lip1 and lip2 mutations, (3) the analysis of the expression and role of the lip1 and lip2 gene products in generative cell migration.

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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	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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