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The molecular basis of potassium homeostasis in plants

Reference	SYS04671
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Roger Leigh
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Rothamsted Research
Department	Plant Biology & Crop Science
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	208,169
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/12/1995
End date	12/01/2000
Duration	49 months

Abstract

The role of a plasma membrane high affinity K+ transporter (HKT1) and the vacuolar H+ - PPase in K+ homeostasis will be investigated in transgenic wheat. The expression of HKT1 will be altered by introduction of an antisense construct and the activity of the H+ -PPase will be altered by expressing a soluble bacterial PPase to reduce PPi levels. The effects on K+ transport and K+ homeostasis in the cytosol and vacuole will be measured.

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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	Systems - ROPA (SYS) [1994]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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