Linkage - International - Grant ID: LX0561258

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LX0561258

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The role of turgor in hyphal extension of the Ascomycete Neurospora crassa. Cellular expansion is an absolute necessity during the growth and development of plants and fungi. This process relies heavily upon the accumulation of inorganic ions. Osmotically driven water influx then creates the hydrostatic pressure that underlies the increase in cell volume. Cellular expansion is normally asymmetric and localised in one small region, such as hyphal tip. How does the cell maintain the turgor that drives expansion? How is expansion controlled spatially? These questions will be addressed in this project by comprehensive study of ion transport processes in a model organism, Neurospora crassa, using osmotic sensitive and transport mutants.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 02-2005

End Date: 12-2006

Funding Scheme: Linkage - International

Funding Amount: $11,600.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Membrane Biology | Cell Development (Incl. Cell Division And Apoptosis)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biological sciences |

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