Modelling the auxin-mediated vein formation system in plant leaves

dc.contributor.authorSlingerland, Martin Jacob (Marc)
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorRoussel, Marc R.
dc.date.accessioned2008-09-26T14:56:49Z
dc.date.available2008-09-26T14:56:49Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionix, 73 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.en
dc.description.abstractThe plant hormone auxin is involved in a wide range of developmental phenomena in plants. It carries out many of its effects through a signalling network involving the regulation of specific genes, including those involved in its own polar transport between cells. These transporters are able to be redistributed between cell faces, causing the asymmetric auxin transport that is a key requirement for the formation of vein patterns in leaves. In this thesis I describe the development of a biochemical kinetics-based model of auxin signalling and transport in a single cell, which displays biologically plausible responses to auxin application. The single-cell model then serves as the basis for a multicell model of auxin-mediated vein formation at a very early stage of leaf formation in Arabidopsis thaliana.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/673
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2007en
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistryen
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen
dc.subjectVascular system of plantsen
dc.subjectPlants -- Effect of auxin onen
dc.subjectAuxinen
dc.titleModelling the auxin-mediated vein formation system in plant leavesen
dc.typeThesisen
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