Code
3G063707
Duration
01 January 2007 → 30 December 2012
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Biochemistry and metabolism
- General biology
- Plant biology
- Systems biology
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Medical and health sciences
- Medical biochemistry and metabolism
- Medical biochemistry and metabolism
- Medical biochemistry and metabolism
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Forestry sciences
Keywords
metabolite profiling
wood
lignin
PCBER
DIRIGENT
transcript profiling
Project description
Wood is one of the most important renewable resources, for construction, as a source of energy and material for pulp and paper industry. The project aims at resolving the role of two genes, DIRIGENT and PCBER, which are highly expressed during wood formation. To resolve their role, RNAi down-regulated transgenic lines will be analyzed by a combination of transcritp and metabolite profiling.