Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0667006

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0667006

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Analysis of interorganellar transposition of DNA. The movement of DNA between organelles is a major driving force in the eukaryotic evolution. In yeast about 75% of all nuclear genes may derive from protomitochondria. Though DNA transfer per se continues in all higher cells, including mammals, in most species the functional transfer of genes has stopped. It continues at a high rate in plants, giving them unique potential in evolutionary studies of the genome. We established experimentally that DNA moves frequently from the plastid (chloroplast) to the nucleus. We now aim to measure the frequency of DNA transposition from the plastid to the mitochondrion. If transposition is sufficiently frequent, the approach can be used to transformation the mitochondrial genome.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2006

End Date: 12-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $259,000.00

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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