CC-1086 nit2 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-1065 nit2 sr-u-sm2 mt-

Whereas most strains in the 137c background have both the nit1-137 and nit2-137 mutations, his strain provides the nit2-137 allele by itself..


Sosa FM, Ortega T, Barea JL (1978) Mutants from Chlamydomonas reinhardii affected in their nitrate assimilation capability. Plant Sci Lett 11:51–58

Fernández E and Cárdenas J (1982) Regulation of the nitrate-reducing system enzymes in wild-type and mutant strains of Chlamydomonas reinhardii. Mol Gen Genet 186:164-169

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

Schnell RA, Lefebvre PA (1993) Isolation of the Chlamydomonas regulatory gene NIT2 by transposon tagging. Genetics 134:737-747


  • Locus:
  • NIT2
  • Chromosome:
  • 3