Investigation of early-diverging land plant metabolism

Thesis

The terrestrialisation of embryophytes was preceded by, and precipitated, the evolution of diverse metabolic capabilities to aid growth and survival on land. A broad understanding of metabolism across all land plants is important for the discovery of novel metabolic enzymes and pathways which may be used commercially and to design metabolic engineering strategies for crop improvement. However, metabolic research has mainly focused on a small number of angiosperm crops and model plants. The...

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Authors: Cannell, N

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: plant evolution; phylogenetics; metabolic modeling; gibberellins; suberin; marchantia polymorpha; land plants; brassinosteroids; sporopollenin; algae; plant metabolism; cutin; computational bioloigy; bryophytes
• Subjects: Metabolism, Secondary; Evolution; Metabolism; Plant diversity; Modeling; Computational biology