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Characterisation of SDE5 an Arabidopsis protein required for RNA silencing

ReferenceG18622
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Tamas Dalmay
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Institution University of East Anglia
DepartmentBiological Sciences
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 218,012
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 01/04/2003
End date 01/04/2006
Duration36 months

Abstract

RNA silencing is a basic cellular progress in fungi, plants and animals. I have identified five silencing defective (sde) mutants in Arabidopsis, and propose here to characterise the protein product of one of these, SDE5. SDE5 is of particular interest because it may pay a role in normal plant development. We will analyse the interaction of SDE5 with other proteins and with short interfering RNAs. To identify the function of SDE5 we will determine if it is required for plant development, transposon silencing, RNA induced DNA methylation and silencing mediated virus resistance. We will also establish the sub-cellular localisation and expression profile of SDE5.

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