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Project

Functional characterization of a transcription factor complex involved in root stem cell maintenance and DNA stress tolerance.
Code
3E008614
Duration
01 October 2014 → 30 September 2020
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Plant biology
Keywords
arabidopsis stem cells DNA damage
 
Project description

The ERF115 transcription factor is able to stimulate division of mitotically inactive stem cells in roots. ERF115 forms an active complex with SCL21, and hyperactivation, of this complex results in stem cell division, in response to DNA damage, and in de novo stem cell formation will be investigated.