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The role of ion transport in plant cell signal transduction and nutrition

ReferenceP04043
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Dale Sanders
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution University of York
DepartmentBiology
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 1,256,359
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 01/04/1995
End date 01/04/1999
Duration48 months

Abstract

The role of calcium channels in intracellular signalling in plants will be characterised through a combined molecular biological/electrophysiological approach to ligand- and voltage-gated calcium channels at the vacuolar and plasma membranes. One calcium-mobilising ligand, cyclic ADP-ribose, will be investigated with respect to its metabolism and putative role in intracellular signalling in the storage root of beet. Potassium homeostasis in roots of Arabidopsis will be studied with respect to carrier- and channel-mediated uptake by applying electrophysiological techniques to wild type plants and potassium transport and homeostasis mutants.

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Committee Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative X - not in an Initiative
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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