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Gene discovery through proteomics in the biosynthesis and assembly of the secondary cell wall for development of non-food fibre crops
Reference
P19588
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Godfrey Bolwell
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
Royal Holloway, Univ of London
Department
Biological Sciences
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
216,164
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
01/08/2003
End date
31/10/2006
Duration
39 months
Abstract
The proposal is directed at enhancing understanding of the differentiation of vascular cells and the synthesis of secondary wall of non-food crops. The target plant is tobacco since this has been the model woody species most widely used for engineering cell walls so far. The approach is to use two resources for identifying novel genes: 1) a model xylogenic tissue culture system for proteomics to identify cDNAs from a subtracted EST library derived from the cell culture and, 2) a panel of transgenic lines altered in lignin or hemicellulose where up-regulated genes as a result of pleiotropic effects will be identified by transcriptional profiling using the arrayed ESTs.
Summary
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Committee
Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics
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Research Priority
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Research Initiative
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Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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