CC-565 ac55 mt-

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From Ursula Goodenough, Harvard University, May 1978

Phenotype: somewhat chlorophyll deficient

The ac55 and ac55a mutants were UV-induced in Levine’s laboratory, and are yellow to yellow-green in color on all media. This strain is noticeably yellow-green, and is easy to score in crosses.


Levine RP and Volkmann D (1961) Mutants with impaired photosynthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardi. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 6:264-269

Levine RP, Goodenough UW (1970) The genetics of photosynthesis and of the chloroplast in Chlamydomonas reinhardi. Annu Rev Genet 4:397-408


  • Locus:
  • AC55
  • Chromosome:
  • 4