Definition of Arabidopsis thaliana

1. Noun. A small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers; much studied by plant geneticists; the first higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described.

Exact synonyms: Mouse-ear Cress
Generic synonyms: Cress, Cress Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arabidopsis Thaliana

Arabian oryx
Arabian oryxes
Arabian tea
Arabianness
Arabians
Arabic
Arabic alphabet
Arabic language
Arabic numeral
Arabic numerals
Arabic scale
Arabic script
Arabical
Arabick
Arabidopsis lyrata
Arabidopsis thaliana (current term)
Arabis
Arabis Canadensis
Arabis glabra
Arabis turrita
Arabisation
Arabisations
Arabise
Arabised
Arabises
Arabising
Arabism
Arabisms
Arabist
Arabists

Literary usage of Arabidopsis thaliana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ending the War Metaphor: The Changing Agenda for Unraveling the Host-Microbe by Forum on Microbial Threats, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (2006)
"THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF BACTERIAL INNATE IMMUNITY IN Arabidopsis thaliana Brian Staskawicz University of California, Berkeley As Jo Handelsman has described ..."

2. Computational Biology: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science edited by Conrad Burns (1996)
"Arabidopsis thaliana Genome Sequencing Project An interagency program that is particularly important is the Arabidopsis thaliana Genome Sequencing Program. ..."

3. Transposable Elements in Plants: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and Bibliography by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"PT: Article SF: IND DE: arabidopsis-thaliana. transposable-elements. ... CC: F200 AB: Gene tagging in Arabidopsis thaliana using the autonomous Ac ..."

4. Gene Expression in Field Crops: Bibliography January 1991-November 1992 edited by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"Language: English Descriptors: Arabidopsis thaliana; Nicotiana rustica; Transfer RNA; Genetic regulation; Suppression; Introns Abstract: ..."

5. Molecular Markers in Plant Genome Analysis: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"CC: F200; F600 AB: We have previously isolated and characterized over 90 recessive mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana defective in embryo development. ..."

6. Biotechnology: Gene Gun/Biolistic Technology: Bibliograhpy, January 1987 by Kim Guenther (1994)
"Applied microbiology and biotechnology v. 36 (2): p. 228-230; 1991 Nov. Includes references. Language: English Descriptors: Arabidopsis thaliana; ..."

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