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Project

Functional analysis of pharyngeal proteins secreted by the plant-parasitic nematode Heterodera Schachtii
Code
01P04105
Duration
15 October 2007 → 30 September 2008
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Plant biology
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Agricultural plant production
    • Horticultural production
Keywords
endoreduplication nematoder syncytium cyst
 
Project description
 

This project will characterise some of the parasitism proteins of H. schachtii, one of these is an ubiquitin-extension protein that is produced in the dorsal gland and secreted into the plant root. Ubiquitin is involved in many different processes, among which cell cycle regulation might be an important element in the induction of a nematode feeding cell in plant roots.