Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0345500

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0345500

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Trafficking of DNA between chloroplast and nucleus in higher plants. Reliably high levels of diverse proteins can be produced in plant chloroplasts. Environmental risks are considered low for chloroplast genes because they are not transmitted by pollen. However, we recently discovered that DNA escapes from the tobacco chloroplast to the nucleus with unexpectedly high frequency. The associated environmental risks require immediate investigation. This project will determine the fate of chloroplast DNA that has moved to the nuclear genome and gain insight into the evolutionary and environmental consequences of chloroplast DNA escape. The ubiquity of DNA escape also will be studied in an edible crop with a small genome, tomato.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2003

End Date: 12-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $135,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Molecular Evolution | Genome Structure | Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Primary plant products not elsewhere classified | Other environmental aspects | Biological sciences |

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