Programmed cell death in Arabidopsis: Function of KDELpeptidases in development and pathogen defense (2)
Description:
Programmed cell death (PCD) is a prerequisite for successful development and yield formation of crop plants. Plant PCD is effected by a group of cysteine endopeptidases with a C-terminal KDEL endoplasmatic reticulum (ER) retention signal. We want to elucidate their role in developmental cell death, especially in micro- and macro-gametogenesis, in seed and silique maturation, as well as in defence responses to pathogens, especially upon infection with biotrophic fungi such as Erysiphe cruciferarum, with hemi-biotrophic fungi such as Piriformospora indica, and with necrotrophic fungi such as Alternaria brassicicola.
Executive Institute:
Institute for Botany Details of Institute for Botany
Parent institution:
Technical University Munich (TUM) Details of (TUM) (Bavaria)
Contract period:
01. 07. 2011 - 30. 06. 2015
Project budget:
510,526 €
Collaborative Project:
Molecular mechanisms regulating yield and yield stability in plants Details of Molecular mechanisms regulating yield and yield stability in plants
Funding Programme:
- DFG - Collaborative Research Centre Details of DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Subject:
- Biotechnology
Purpose of research:
Basic research
Funding Institutions:
- German Research Council (DFG) (DFG) Details of (DFG)
Project Management Agency:
- German Research Council (DFG) (DFG) Details of DFG