High-throughput Identification of Novel Heat Tolerance Genes via Genome-wide Pooled Mutant Screens in the Model Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
E. M. Mattoon, W. McHargue, C. E. Bailey, N. Zhang, C. Chen, J. Eckhardt, C. G. Daum, M. Zane, C. Pennacchio, J. Schmutz, R. C. O'Malley, J. Cheng, R. Zhang
This study identifies 933 heat tolerance genes in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii through genome-wide mutant screens, showing 50% have orthologs in crops and Arabidopsis mutants are heat sensitive.
bioRxiv · Jul 13, 2022Plant Biology