ARABIDOPSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arabidopsis mean? 

• ARABIDOPSIS (noun)
  The noun ARABIDOPSIS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of the mustard family having white or yellow or purplish flowers; closely related to genus Arabis

  Familiarity information: ARABIDOPSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARABIDOPSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of the mustard family having white or yellow or purplish flowers; closely related to genus Arabis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Arabidopsis; genus Arabidopsis

Hypernyms ("Arabidopsis" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Holonyms ("Arabidopsis" is a member of...):

Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; mustard family (a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives)

 Context examples 

They found that in thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) seedlings, the number of clock proteins peaks at different times in each organ.

(Plants can tell time even without a brain, University of Cambridge)

Encoded by human GPS1 Gene, 471-aa 53-kDa G Protein Pathway Suppressor 1 Protein contains a PCI domain and has similarity to signal transduction regulator FUS6 (Arabidopsis).

(G Protein Pathway Suppressor 1 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

The variants of Arabidopsis allowed to determine the contribution of different molecules - like cellulose, xylan and lignin - to macrofibril formation and maturation.

(Revealing the nanostructure of wood could help raise height limits for wooden skyscrapers, University of Cambridge)

G Protein Pathway Suppressor 1 Protein, encoded by the GPS1 gene, shares significant similarity with Arabidopsis FUS6, a regulator of light-mediated signal transduction in plant cells.

(G Protein Pathway Suppressor 1 Protein, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

The research has also identified the plant Arabidopsis thaliana as a suitable model to help direct future forestry breeding programmes.

(Revealing the nanostructure of wood could help raise height limits for wooden skyscrapers, University of Cambridge)

This discovery means that Arabidopsis could be used as a model for further research on wood architecture.

(Revealing the nanostructure of wood could help raise height limits for wooden skyscrapers, University of Cambridge)

The team also imaged the secondary cell walls of Arabidopsis thaliana, an annual plant widely used as the standard reference plant for genetics and molecular biology research.

(Revealing the nanostructure of wood could help raise height limits for wooden skyscrapers, University of Cambridge)

Using a collection of Arabidopsis plants with different mutations relating to their secondary cell wall formation, the team was able to study the involvement of specific molecules in the formation and maturation of macrofibrils.

(Revealing the nanostructure of wood could help raise height limits for wooden skyscrapers, University of Cambridge)