Code
01P09612
Duration
01 October 2012 → 01 October 2014
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Biochemistry and metabolism
- Plant biology
- Systems biology
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Medical and health sciences
- Medical biochemistry and metabolism
- Medical biochemistry and metabolism
- Medical biochemistry and metabolism
Keywords
biochemistry
degradome
protease activity
plant
cel death
metacaspases
molecular-and cel biology
substrate proteins
Project description
My project aims to unravel basic knowledge on the identity and function of plant metacaspase proteins. The approach will be maintly biochemical, molecular and cellualr biology. I will work on the identification of metacaspase substrates (the degradome) with the aims to modulate programmed cell death in Arabidopsis thaliana.