Project

What is the role of PCBER and DIRIGENT in wood formation in poplar?

Code

3G063707

Duration

01 January 2007 → 30 December 2012

Funding

Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)

Promotor

Wout Boerjan

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Biochemistry and metabolism
- General biology
- Plant biology
- Systems biology
Medical and health sciences
- Medical biochemistry and metabolism
- Medical biochemistry and metabolism
- Medical biochemistry and metabolism
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.