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Expressed sequence tags for homologous recombination in the moss Physcomitrella patens

Reference	P11357
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Andrew Cuming
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr Celia Knight
Institution	University of Leeds
Department	Inst of Integrative & Comparative Biolog
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	539,694
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/10/1999
End date	01/10/2002
Duration	36 months

Abstract

Approximately 30,000 partial cDNA sequences (ESTs) will be determined from a cDNA library derived from the moss Physcomitrella patens. This organism is the only plant species for which gene disruption by homologous recombination has been demonstrated to occur with high efficiency. Because moss genes have been found to have significant homologies with higher plant genes, this collection will allow rapid movement from sequences obtained in Arabidopsis and crop species for sophisticated analysis of gene function in moss. In addition to providing the EST collection as a resource to the plant science community, we shall provide training and/or collaboration in moss transformation and in phenotypic and molecular screening.

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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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