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Pandey |
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Current Research
The main focus of my research
is elucidating signaling pathways of the stress induced plant hormone
abscisic acid (ABA), with the ultimate goal to engineer drought
tolerance in plants. Towards this goal, I am working with novel ABA
receptor proteins, GTGs and also a class of evolutionarily conserved
signaling proteins, the heterotrimeric G proteins. I am using young
seedlings and stomatal guard cell as my model to study these pathways
and engineer targeted changes.
The three specific areas of ongoing research in the Pandey Lab are:
GPCR-type proteins (GTGs) in plants: identification and
characterization of novel ABA receptors
G-protein signaling in the context of multiple signal-response coupling
Use of stomatal guard cells as model for understanding stress physiology
and engineering drought tolerance
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