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Engineering new traits in plants

ReferenceGAT09130
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor James Haseloff
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution University of Cambridge
DepartmentMRC Lab of Molecular Biology
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 138,048
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 01/10/1998
End date 01/10/2001
Duration36 months

Abstract

We have developed new genetic techniques for precisely visualising and manipulating cells within living plants. We wish to use these tools for targeted cell ablation and misexpression in a model plant system, the Arabidopsis root, and to characterise cell-cell interactions within the meristem. Our aim is to gain an outline of the genetic interactions that coordinate the cellular development of the root meristem. This dominant genetic approach will allow the deliberate engineering of plant form and the generation of new agronomic traits.

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Committee Closed Committee - Genes & Developmental Biology (GDB)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative Genome Analysis of Agriculturally Important Traits (GAT) [1997-1998]
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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