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An integrated genomic and proteomic characterization of induced seed storage organelles for the optimal production of biopharmaceuticals in plants and plant cells – PROTEINSTORAGE
the accumulation of exogenous proteins in plants and plant cells; (4) use the above knowledge to propose [...] and quantitative changes in protein composition a plant undergoes during the formation of endogenous and
Identification of molecular markers for the detection of bioregulators that enhance plant productivity and quality – BIOREGULATORS
protein and plant expression cassettes will be introduced into Arabidopsis and rice plant suspension [...] Moreover, markers for improved plant growth could also be used to select new plant lines with sustainable yield [...] will reflect the increasing impact of plant genomics on applied plant biotechnology.
CHAT :Cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channels involved in hypersensitive cell death in Arabidopsis thaliana – CHAT
Plants have developed complex defense mechanisms in response to pathogen attack. One of the most efficient [...] Response or HR, characterized by rapid death of plant cells facing the pathogen. Understanding the signaling [...] for the modulation of defense responses in crop plants. In this context, two Arabidopsis mutants, named
Towards improvement of water use efficiency in plants : integrated approaches to control stomatal aperture and transpirational water loss – STOMATE
carbon gain and plant growth, i.e. to improve water use efficiency (WUE) in crop plants. Stomatal aperture [...] analyses in a single plant or in whole populations (several hundreds of plants in parallel) facing f [...] effort between 4 research groups: two labs of plant electrophysiologists with experience in functional
Quantification des flux métaboliques: un outil pour appréhender la régulation du métabolisme chez le fruit de tomate – tomatoflux
institute devoted to plant research and agriculture) especially in the UMR Plant Physiology and Biotechnology [...] roles in photoprotection, stress response and plant development, but which is also crucial for humans [...] and its regulation remains largely unknown in the plants. In preliminary experiments, the study of transgenic
Identification of new molecular determinants involved in the early steps of symbiotic interactions between plants and bacteria – NewNod
be perceived by dedicated plant root kinases that in turn induce in plant root cells a specific response [...] Plants have developed root symbioses with bacteria that allow them to thrive in nitrogen-poor sites and [...] project is to understand what are the bacterial and plant determinants that in these two models permit the
TRilateral Initiative for Enhancing Salt Tolerance in Rice – TRIESTER
yield losses in crops worldwide. Understanding how plants cope with high salinity in the environment is thus [...] signalling pathways and network integration in the plant response to salt stress. To discover new salt d [...] uptake and other movements of K+ and/or Na+ in the plant. (SOS1, HKT, HAK, ENA). For this, knockout and
Exploiting genetic variability of resistance genes in major European food legumes to improve varieties for sustainable agriculture – LEGRESIST
ited due to their unstable yield caused by the plants susceptibility to a wide range of pathogens. Despite [...] in resistance genes and the lack of insight into plant-pathogen interactions responsible for the hard-to-handle [...] characterization of the interacting transcriptomes of plants and their pathogens by SuperSAGE analysis and iii)
International Reference Centre for the Genomics and Diagnosis of Viruses with small circular DNA – RCA GENOMICS
that allow the centralized analysis of infected plant samples from all over the world, with emphazisis [...] A reference data base will be established for plant protection measurements as open access. For functional
ARABRAS : Identifying candidate genes for improving plant growth under abiotic stress conditions in Brassica crops – ARABRAS
crosses between natural accessions of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana will be tested under conditions [...] the detection of stress related QTL in this crop plant. Based on synteny between the two species the genetic