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Regulation of wound-responsive proteinase inhibitor genes of tomato
Reference
P06151
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Dianna Bowles
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
University of York
Department
Biology
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
129,485
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
01/11/1996
End date
01/11/1998
Duration
24 months
Abstract
We have recently discovered that ethylene plays a key and unexpected role in the regulation of proteinase inhibitor expression in the wound response of tomato plants. These data open up a new way of understanding the action of other known regulators of these genes: cell wall fragments, systemin, jasmonic acid, salicylic acid and auxin. One objective of the research is to analyse existing mutants and transgenic plants with altered levels of metabolites/plant hormones to investigate the wound response in different phenotypic backgrounds. Given the complexity and networking of the known signalling pathways leading to pin gene expression, we now consider it essential to construct new mutants to define the sequence of causal events in planta. This is a longer term strategy and leads to the request for funding over four years.
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Committee
Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
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