MOBSIV · Modelling brassinosteroid signalling in vascular development
FP6 — Marie Curie Actions (Human Resources and Mobility)
- Duration
- 2006-11-01 → 2007-10-31
- EU contribution
- €40,000
- Participants
- 1
- Scheme
- ERG
Lines connect the coordinator with its partners. CORDIS does not always give exact coordinates for projects before 2014. These points are placed at city or country level.
Results in brief
Final Activity Report Summary - MOBSIV (Modelling brassinosteroid signalling in vascular development)
The main objective of the project is to untangle the role of BRs in vascular differentiation using Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system. The project analysed the contribution of the BR-responsive BRI1/BRL1 and BRI1/BRL3 pathways in setting up the proliferation and/or differentiation of xylem and phloem tissues from pluripotent vascular stem cells. To reach this objective, the project planned to use a multidisciplinary approach combining cell biology techniques, molecular genetics, plant physiology and genomics. Our final long-term goal is to bring together all the biological information obtained for the role of BRs in vascular development using a mathematical modelling approach thanks to the active collaboration that my host researcher has with Dr Marta Ibáñes, from the Physics Faculty of the University of Barcelona (UB), Spain. To the major objectives of this research project are: a) identification of BR-responsive genes involved in vascular development; b) genetic dissection of the role of BRs in xylem and phloem differentiation; c) hormone crosstalk in vascular development.
Data: CORDIS, © European Union
Project objective
Brassinosteroids (BRs) are plant steroid hormones that regulate a variety of growth and developmental processes. Whether BRs are required and how their binding to particular receptors generates specific cell differentiation patterns in the context of a dev eloping organ is still unknown. The plant vascular system is composed of two tissue types, xylem and phloem, which originate from procambial stem cells that proliferate and differentiate to form vascular strands connecting all different parts of the plant.The main objective of the project included in this proposal is to analyse the contribution of the BR-responsive BRI1/BRL1 and BRI1/BRL3 pathways in setting up the proliferation and/or differentiation of xylem and phloem tissues from pluripotent vascular s tem cells, using Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system. To reach this objective, I plan to use a multidisciplinary approach combining cell biology techniques, molecular genetics, plant physiology and genomics.My final long-term goal is to bring together all the biological information on the role of BRs in vascular development using mathematical modelling. The proposed approach will provide further insights into the functional role of BRs in vascular development, their interplay with auxin and their potential application for crop improvement.
Original text from CORDIS.
Participants
- CONSORCI LABORATORI CSIC-IRTA DE GENETICA MOLECULAR VEGETAL · BARCELONACoordinatorCity levelSpain
Links
Data: CORDIS, © European Union