Arginine decarboxylase mutants

The precise role of polyamines in the control of dormancy and the onset of cell division in Jerusalem artichoke tubers, and for that matter in plant development per se, remains in question. Evidence from arginine decarboxylase mutants of Arabidopsis does indicate a possible role in root meristem function (Watson et al., 1998). 

Watson, M.B., Emory, K.K., Piatak, R.M., and Malmberg, R.L., Arginine decarboxylase (polyamine synthesis) mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana exhibit altered root growth, Plant J., 13, 231-239, 1998. 

Low, K.B., and Canellakis, E.S. (1987) Biosynthesis of polyamines in ornithine decarboxylase, arginine decarboxylase, and agmatine ureohydrolase deletion mutants of Escherichia coli strain K-12. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA., 84 (13), 4423 -4427. 

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