The sugarcane EST project

• Grant number: 99/02848-8
• Support Opportunities: Genome Research Grants
• Start date: June 01, 1999
• End date: June 30, 2003
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Biochemistry - Molecular Biology
• Principal Investigator: Marie-Anne Van Sluys
• Grantee: Marie-Anne Van Sluys
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

We will join the group of sequencing labs of the sugarcane EST project. We will execute a minimum of 4000 single pass sequences per year as described in the major project. We will also look for nematode resistance and retrotransposons related ESTs. (AU)