Project

Functional investigation of proteins involved in the interaction between rice and rice nematodes

Code
31502312
Duration
01 January 2012 → 31 December 2014
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Biochemistry and metabolism
    • Microbiology
    • Systems biology
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Medical biochemistry and metabolism
    • Medical biochemistry and metabolism
    • Medical biochemistry and metabolism
Keywords
yeast-two-hybrid protein-protein interactions effectors rice nematodes
 
Project description

Plant pathogens are capable of influencing their host plant by so-called effector proteins which are secreted into the plant tissue. In this project we are investigating the interaction between rice and different rice nematodes. The goal is to functionally characterize novel nematode effector proteins by identifying rice interacting proteins using the yeast-two-hybrid technique.