Project

Correlating endoreplication with biosynthesis, modification, and integrity of plant cell walls

Code
3G023616
Duration
01 January 2016 → 31 December 2019
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Plant biology
Keywords
endoreplication arabidopsis thaliana cell wall
 
Project description

Previous work indicates that endoreplication may play a role in cell wall fortification. Using the leaf as a model system, we will correlate endoreplication of epidermal cells with the expression of cell wall biosynthetic and modifying genes. In parallel, we will correlate the ploidy level of cells with their cell wall composition, and study the ploidy-cell size relationship in cell wall mutants.