Biotechnology in Belgium

Unit of Physiological Biochemistry

 

Address

Prof. A. Goffeau
Unit of Physiological Biochemistry
Catholic University of Louvain
Place Croix du Sud 2 bte 20
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)
Tel.: +32-10- 47 36 14
Fax: +32-10- 47 38 72

Biotechnological sectors: agriculture (plants-seeds), agro-food, health care

Key words: ATPases, drug resistance, ion transport, mitochondrial DNA, transgenic plants, plasma, membranes, yeast.

 

Major research topics in biotechnology

• Plant and yeast genetic engineering.
• Mitochondrial targeting and plant metabolism (including DNA).
• Multidrug resistance.
• Genetic and enzymatic regulation of the plasma membrane proton pump-ATPase involved in ion and metabolite transport of plant cells.
• Molecular biology and bioenergetics of plant mitochondria.
• Modification of plant physiology in transgenic plants.
• Phylogeny and classification of genotypes by restriction polymorphism.

 

Main collaborators: M. Boutry, F. Foury, M. Briquet, D. Thines.

 

Selected publications

to be completed

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