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Functional genomic characterisation of a family of Arabidopsis auxin influx carriers
Reference
P17275
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Malcolm Bennett
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
University of Nottingham
Department
Sch of Biosciences
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
200,332
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
01/05/2002
End date
31/10/2005
Duration
42 months
Abstract
The coordinated movement of the plant hormone auxin within an or between plant organs is essential to regulate developmental programmes such as embryos axis formation, lateral root development and leaf phyllotaxis. Plants employ specialised influx and efflux carriers to mobilise the major form of auxin, indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) from cell to cell. We propose to investigate the developmental importance of a family of auxin influx carriers in Arabidopsis composed of 5 genes (AUX1, LAX1, LAX2, LAX3 and ANT1) that will provide a unique insight into the cellular pathway(s) mediating IAA transport in higher plants. We will achieve this goal by adopting a truly functional genomic approach that integrates the use of insertion mutants to study gene function, advanced imaging techniques to visualise AUX:LAX proteins and meristem development; and GC-SRM-MS to measure IAA.
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Committee
Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
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