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Study of Chlorate-Resistant Mutants of Arabidopsis: Insights into Nitrate Assimilation and Ion Metabolism of Plants

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The analysis of mutants impaired in growth or development has provided a wealth of information on metabolic and genetic regulation in plants. Arabidopsis thaliana has been especially useful for such studies as it is small, fast growing and diploid. Mutants defective in (i) development of flowers, trichomes, leaves and chloroplasts, (ii) hormone synthesis or reception and (iii) metabolic processes such as photorespiration, starch and tryptophan biosynthesis, lipid metabolism and nitrate assimilation have been identified and studied (1). The molecular analysis of these mutants at the DNA level has been facilitated by the fact that Arabidopsis has the smallest genome of any known angiosperm (2). In this paper I review the recent advances that have been made by examining Arabidopsis mutants that are resistant to chlorate (ClO3), the chlorine analog of nitrate. Studies of these mutants have provided insights into the structure and function of genes and their products that are responsible for the assimilation of nitrate (NO3) and hold promise for shedding light on mechanisms of gene regulation and ion transport in plants.

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Crawford, N.M. (1992). Study of Chlorate-Resistant Mutants of Arabidopsis: Insights into Nitrate Assimilation and Ion Metabolism of Plants. In: Setlow, J.K. (eds) Genetic Engineering. Genetic Engineering, vol 14. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3424-2_6

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