Arabidopsis thaliana
Arabidopsis thaliana is a small flowering plant native to Europe, Asia, and northwestern Africa. It is widely used as a model organism in plant genetics. Arabidopsis is a member of the mustard (Brassicaceae) family, which includes cultivated species such as cabbage and radish.
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Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh
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It was the first plant genome to be sequenced, completed in 2000 by the Arabidopsis Genome Initiative.[1] The most up-to-date version of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome is maintained by The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR).[2]
Much work has been done to find out what its 27,000 genes and 35,000 proteins do.[3]Arabidopsis is a popular tool for understanding the molecular biology of many plant traits, including flower development and light sensing.
Arabidopsis Thaliana Media
Scanning electron micrograph of a trichome, a leaf hair of A. thaliana, a unique structure made of a single cell
Chloroplast genome map of A. thaliana: Introns are in grey. Some genes consist of 5′ and 3′ portions. Strand 1 and 2 genes are transcribed clockwise and counterclockwise, respectively. The innermost circle provides the boundaries of the large and small single-copy regions (LSC and SSC, violet) separated by a pair of inverted repeats (IRa and IRB, black).
Components of pathogen recognition in A. thaliana 'A schematic of PAMP-triggered immunity, to be specific recognition of flagellin by FLS2 (top left), effector-triggered immunity depicted through the recognition of avrRpt2 by RPS2 through RIN4 (top-right), microscopic view of callose deposition in an A.
Microbial consortia naturally formedon the roots of Arabidopsis thaliana Scanning electron microscopy pictures of root surfaces from natural A. thaliana populations showing the complex microbial networks formed on rootsa) Overview of an A.
References
- ↑ The Arabidopsis Genome Initiative (2000). "Analysis of the genome sequence of the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana". Nature. 408 (6814): 796–815. doi:10.1038/35048692. PMID 11130711. S2CID 205012145.
- ↑ "TAIR - genome annotation".
- ↑ "Integr8 - A. thaliana genome statistics".