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Identification and characterisation of essential components required for plant secondary cell wall synthesis and assembly

Reference	P06859
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Simon Turner
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	The University of Manchester
Department	Life Sciences
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	176,197
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/03/1997
End date	01/03/2000
Duration	36 months

Abstract

Biochemical and molecular genetic approaches will be used to study plant cell wall biosynthesis. New mutants (irx) of Arabidopsis, isolated in this laboratory, are defective in secondary cell biosynthesis. Two approaches will be taken to understand the nature of the defect in these mutants. The cell walls of irx and wild type plants will be studied using a variety of different analytical and biochemical techniques in order to determine what alterations in wall structure have occurred. The gene products defective in the irx mutants will be isolated in order to ascertain the function of the gene product. In particular, the role that the irx1 and irx2 gene products play in cellulose biosynthesis will be examined. It is anticipated that this information will lead to a much better understanding of how the synthesis and assembly of secondary cell wall components is controlled.

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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	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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