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Control of lignin biosynthesis
Reference
P10344
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Simon Turner
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
The University of Manchester
Department
Life Sciences
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
179,433
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
01/12/1998
End date
01/12/2001
Duration
36 months
Abstract
The control of secondary metabolism in plants is poorly understood. Lignin is one of the most important secondary metabolic pathways in plants. A novel Arabidopsis mutant has been isolated, which shows a dramatic decrease in lignin deposition in the secondary cell wall. In wild type plants the expression pattern of genes involved in lignin synthesis are tightly regulated. In irx4 plants, these genes are also regulated in a co-ordinated pattern, but the normal expression pattern of these genes are also regulated in a co-ordinated pattern, but the normal expression pattern of these genes is radically altered. It is likely that irx4 is a gene involved in the controls of the lignin biosynthetic pathway. The irx4 gene will be cloned and used to help understand the mechanism which controls the co-ordinate regulation of genes in this pathway.
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Committee
Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics
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Research Priority
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Funding Scheme
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