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Arabidopsis

A plant genus of the family BRASSICACEAE that contains ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS and MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS. The species A. thaliana is used for experiments in classical plant genetics as well as molecular genetic studies in plant physiology, biochemistry, and development.

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A plant genus of the family BRASSICACEAE that contains ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS and MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS. The species A. thaliana is used for experiments in classical plant genetics as well as molecular genetic studies in plant physiology, biochemistry, and development.

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  • Arabidopses
  • A. thaliana
  • Arabidopsis thaliana
  • Cress, Mouse-ear
  • A. thalianas
  • Arabidopsis thalianas
  • Cress, Mouse ear
  • Cresses, Mouse-ear
  • Mouse-ear Cress
  • Mouse-ear Cresses
  • thaliana, A.
  • thaliana, Arabidopsis
  • thalianas, A.

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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, toxicity, ultrastructure, virology.

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  • Plants (1966-1992)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Arabidopsis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017360. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017360
  2. Arabidopsis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabidopsis
  3. Arabidopsis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157892