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Coordinate regulation of secondary cell wall deposition

ReferenceP15838
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Simon Turner
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution The University of Manchester
DepartmentLife Sciences
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 61,132
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 04/03/2002
End date 04/03/2003
Duration12 months

Abstract

Secondary cell wall deposition in plants involves the coordinate regulation of several complex metabolic pathways. The phenotype of the gapped xylem (gpx) mutant identifies a key step involved in regulating secondary cell wall deposition and consequently involved in the regulation of several diverse metabolic pathways. This proposal aims to exploit the identification of the gene defective in gpx for three basic purposes. (1) Determine whether the over-expression of GPX can increase secondary wall deposition. (2) Identify targets downstream of GPX and consequently identify novel components of the different metabolic pathways required for secondary cell synthesis. (3) Determine how the gpx gene itself is regulated.

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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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