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In planta expression of bacterial autoinducer and receptor genes to manipulate plant/microbe interactions
Reference
JF09033
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Rupert Fray
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
University of Nottingham
Department
Sch of Biosciences
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
227,088
Status
Completed
Type
Fellowships
Start date
01/10/1997
End date
01/10/2002
Duration
60 months
Abstract
To characterise the effects of producing bacterial quorum sensing molecules in plants by: (1) Testing whether chloroplast targeting of the gene product is necessary for N-acyl-L- homoserine lactone (AHL) production. (2) Identifying types of AHL produced by the transgenic plants. (3) Investigating infection of transgenic plants with (a) E. carotovora mutants lacking AHL biosynthetic genes, (b) low inocula of wild type E. carotovora to check whether this sets off premature infection and thus plant resistance. (4) Testing whether plants can be made that produce AHLs that improve the efficacy of biocontrol Pseudomonads. (5) Constructing AHL inducible promoter based on the OHHL receptor/transcription activator and testing its function in yeast and plants.
Summary
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Committee
Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics
X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority
X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative
Fellowship - David Phillips Fellowship (DF) [1995-2015]
Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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