The impact of Arabidopsis on human health: diversifying our portfolio.
Studies of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana may seem to have little impact on advances in medical research, yet a survey of the scientific literature shows that this is a misconception. Many discoveries with direct relevance to human health and disease have been elaborated using Arabidopsis, and several processes important to human biology are more easily studied in this versatile model plant.
Jones
Alan M
AM
Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. alan_jones@unc.edu
Chory
Joanne
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Dangl
Jeffery L
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Estelle
Mark
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Jacobsen
Steven E
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Meyerowitz
Elliot M
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Nordborg
Magnus
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Weigel
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D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000378:metabolism; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D008954:Models, Biological; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism
D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins