| Gene Expression & Regulation Technology GERT Laboratory |
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| Personnel | |
Osama A. Momtaz, Ph.D., Molecular Biology Manal M. El-Baghdady, M.Sc., Biology Aly E. El-Awady, M.Sc., Botany (Microbiology) Osama S. Saad, M.Sc., Botany (Physiology) Ayman A. Diab, M.Sc., Botany (Microbiology) Abeer A. Ibrahim, M.Sc., Botany (Microbiology) Mona S. Sadek, B.Sc., Microbiology Nahla A. El-Sherif, B.Sc., Botany (Physiology) Manar K. Hassan, Technical Assistant
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| Main Goals & Responsibilities | |
• Development of transgenic cotton varieties salt, drought and heat stress tolerant and insect resistant. • Characterization of salt, drought and heat stress tolerance and insect resistance genes. • Molecular and biochemical characterization of Egyptian cotton fiber initiation and development.
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| Current Research Projects | |
• Production of Transgenic Egyptian Cotton Plants (Gossypium barbadense L.) Expressing Insecticidal Toxin Gene(s).• Cotton Improvement for Heat and Salt Stress Tolerance.
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| Current Research Services | |
• DNA fingerprinting of Egyptian cotton lines (Gossypium barbadense L.) using molecular markers.
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| E-mail Address | |
| gert@ageri.sci.eg mvl@ageri.sci.eg |
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