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Mutáns és transzgenikus növények, élesztő és in vitro szűrési technikák, tranziens génkifejeződési vizsgálatok, konfokális mikroszkópia és in silico adatfeldolgozás segítségével szerzett biokémiai, szerkezeti, sejtbiológiai és funkcionális információk összegyüjtésén keresztül tárjuk fel a ROP GTPáz-kapcsolt kinázok szerepét a sejtpolaritás szabályozásában a növényi morfogenezis során, gomba fertőzött sejtekben és in vitro növekedő pollencsövekben.
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Cell polarity plays important roles in plant development. For example, the main body axis is defined by the polarity of the single-celled zygote and the polar information is used for patterning and cell specification. ROP GTPases are key regulators of cellular polarity in plants. We aim to reveal the link of ROP GTPases to various kinases in order to have new insights into the regulation of cell polarity during morphogenesis, tip growth and fungal invasion of cells. We have shown previously that a specific class of RLCK kinases (VIA) is potential ROP effectors. As these kinases are implicated both in pollen tube growth as well as fungal susceptibility, they will be in the center of our studies. However, we also have data on the possible involvement of upstream kinases as potential ROP regulators. Therefore our investigations will include these kinases as well. We combine biochemical, structural, cellular and functional information using purified proteins, mutant and transgenic plants, yeast and chemical genomic screening systems, transient gene expression assays, confocal microscopy and in silico data analysis to compare ROP-centered kinase signaling during cell polarity (in vitro pollen tubes), morphogenesis (whole plant) and pathogenesis (fungi-infected cells).
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