CC-1085 nit1 mt+

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Chlamydomonas Genetics Center, Duke University, 1980

From a cross of CC-1039 wild type nit+ mt+ [Sager’s 21 gr, stock subsequently replaced by CC-1690] x CC-1064 nit1 msr1 ac17 sr-u-sm2 mt- [a stock no longer in the collection].

This is the nit1-137 allele, which arose spontaneously in the 137c wild type background, and renders cells deficient in nitrate reductase, requiring a reduced nitrogen source (e.g. ammonium) for growth. Most 137c strains also carry the nit2-137 mutation, but CC-1085 has the wild type allele at the NIT2 locus.

This mutant is rescued by pMN24.


Fernández E and Matagne RF (1984) Genetic analysis of nitrate reductase-deficient mutants in Chlamydomonas reinhardii. Curr Genet 8:635-640

Fernández E and Matagne RF (1986) In vivo complementation analysis of nitrate reductase-deficient mutants in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Curr Genet 10:397-403


  • Locus:
  • NIT1
  • Chromosome:
  • 9