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The difference between disease or resistance: a study of plant disease signal cassette components interacting directly with the RPM1 adaptor protein

ReferenceICR07542
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Murray Grant
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Co-Supervisors
Institution Imperial College London
DepartmentBiological Sciences
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 150,086
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 03/03/1997
End date 31/08/2000
Duration42 months

Abstract

This project aims to study the plant disease resistance signal transduction pathway (DRSTP), in particular that orchestrated by the interaction of the RPM1 disease resistance gene. RPM1 can effectively be considered an adaptor protein mediating an avr gene-specified signal into the DRST cassette to transduce a specific and highly coordinated programme of cell death. We will use the 2-hybrid system to identify proteins interacting directly with RPM1. This method will allow the identification of additional loci that are required for resistance and may in fact identify genes of essential cellular functions, which if mutated may have unforeseen recessive phenotypes, including lethality.

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Committee Closed Committee - Biochemistry & Cell Biology (BCB)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative Integration of Cellular Responses (ICR) [1996]
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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