Objective The mechanisms of tip-growth have been studied thoroughly for a long time, but the complex view is still far from complete. The main questions asked by scientists from different fields of cell biology are how tip growth is regulated, what is the principle of proper "anchoring" of protein complexes required for root hair formation and what signalling background is involved in root hair tip growth. The aim of our project is the characterization of the integrity of growing tips by modern cell biological method s like live cell imaging, phenotyping of transgenic plants and mutant screening.This complex approach will be focused to determination of cell wall - plasma membrane interactions, sterol distribution in the plasma membrane, behaviour of structural components in the cell wall and the endocytosis in different developmental stages of root hair formation. Special attention will be paid to basic developmental checkpoints of root hairs under influence of changing environmental stress conditions. Experiments will be made in a multidisciplinary approach in collaboration with two other European Institutions by a combination of several cell biological and genetic techniques. Results will contribute to the understanding of regulated cooperation between cell wall, plasma membrane and intracellular signalling components determining root hair tip growth and plant cell polarity. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencescell biologycell signalingnatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteinsnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrypost-transition metalsnatural sciencesbiological sciencescell biologycell polarity Programme(s) FP6-MOBILITY - Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Topic(s) MOBILITY-4.1 - Marie Curie European Reintegration Grants (ERG) Call for proposal FP6-2004-MOBILITY-11 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme ERG - Marie Curie actions-European Re-integration Grants Coordinator INSTITUTE OF BOTANY, SLOVAK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Address Dubravska cesta 14 Bratislava Slovakia See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00
