Arabidopsis thaliana
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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
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A 2006 study estimated that about 10% of human proteins (2800) potentially bind zinc, in addition to hundreds more that transport and traffic zinc; a similar in silico study in the plant Arabidopsis thaliana found 2367 zinc-related proteins.
Description Botanical illustration Arabidopsis thaliana is an annual (rarely biennial ) plant, usually growing to 20–25 cm tall.
In Arabidopsis thaliana it can be synthesized via a phenylalanine-independent pathway.
"International Team" The flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana has been called the "Rosetta Stone of flowering time".
In the last two decades, Arabidopsis thaliana has gained much interest from the scientific community as a model organism for research on numerous aspects of plant biology.
Nutrient and vitamin supplementation for Arabidopsis thaliana is standard across most experimental conditions.