Objective TIPNET aims to offer multidisciplinary training within a scientific network of groups providing complementary expertise on research in tip growing plant cells. Tip growth is a fundamental biological process characteristic of long, tubular, invasive cells. In higher plants, it is most evident in root hairs, where it plays a primordial function in promoting the contact between plant and soil, and in pollen tubes, where it is responsible for the conduction of the male germ unit in the female apparatus. In agronomy, tip growth therefore is of economical importance by permitting the upe of nutrients and successful fertilization. Tip-growth depends on the coordination of numerous molecular and cellular processes needed for the production of a new cellular compartment. Once initiated tip-growth may appear as a most efficient autonomous process. However, the direction and rate of extension at the tip are modulated by a variety of internal factors and external signals, e.g. structural and biochemical features, cellular feedback mechanisms, and environmental effects. Despite major progress over the last few decades, the information on the machinery ruling tip-growth is still fragmentary and scattered among the various biological disciplines. Therefore, input from scientists with an integral and multidisciplinary view, able to apply complementary techniques, is an absolute requirement for further understanding of such a complex mechanism as tip-growth. These coordinated efforts from different disciplines and laboratories are also essential to gain insight into general cell biological problems, and they provide the desired synoptic environment for young scientists, whose training is the major objective of this proposal. Scientific outcomes expected are an understanding of the structural, physiological and molecular mechanisms of tip-growth in plant cells, to obtain GFP transformants and mutant plants and their proteins, and to characterize novel genes and Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteinsagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagricultureagronomy Programme(s) FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base" (1998-2002) Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme NET - Research network contracts Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA Address Althanstrasse 14 1091 Wien Austria See on map EU contribution No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address 75,iera odos 75 11855 Athens See on map Other funding No data FUNDAÇAO DA FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA Portugal EU contribution € 0,00 Address Campo grande, bloco c1, piso 1 1749-016 Lisboa See on map Other funding No data INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Route de saint-cyr 78026 Versailles See on map Other funding No data INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY - ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC Czechia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rozvojova 135 165 02 Praha 6 See on map Other funding No data JOHN INNES CENTRE United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Colney lane - norwich research park NR4 7UH Norwich See on map Other funding No data RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-UNIVERSITAET BONN Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Kirschallee 1 53115 Bonn See on map Other funding No data STICHTING KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Toernooiveld 1 6500 GL Nijmegen See on map Other funding No data UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address South road Durham See on map Other funding No data UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA Austria EU contribution € 0,00 Address 9,dr. bohrgasse 9 1030 Wien See on map Other funding No data
