Such three low-Cd mutants were attributed to mutations of OsNRAMP5 responsible for Cd transport in rice by sequence analysis (Ishikawa et al. 2012).
We next investigated whether the loss of RT in viral particles of the mutants was attributed to altered expression and transportation of the precursor protein, polyprotein Pr160gag-pol, during virus assembly.
This reduction of GSCs in Socs36E mutants was attributed to increased JAK/STAT signaling in Socs36E mutant CySCs, leading to upregulation of integrin-based adhesion and enabling the mutant cells to displace wild-type GSCs and CySCs from the niche.
Increased salt stress sensitivity of the Arabidopsis vtc mutant is attributed to the low intrinsic ascorbate levels and impaired ascorbate-glutathione cycle, which resulted in an enhanced ROS activity and a significant decrease in the CO2 assimilatory capacity (Huang et al. 2005).
It is conceivable that the poor growth of the top3 mutant is attributed to unresolved recombinogenic DNA intermediates created by WRN helicase activity.
The excessive excretion of pyruvate in the ΔpfkA mutant was attributed to an insufficient NAD(P H supply caused by the diversion of carbon flux from the EMP pathway to the Entner-Doudoroff pathway (EDP), rather than the PPP as intended.
The reduction in growth of the cnaAΔ mutant was attributed to increased hyphal branching and a reduction in polar expansion (Da Silva Ferreira et al. 2007; Soriani et al. 2008).
In tomato, the lack of softening in the DFD mutant was attributed to very low water loss and increased cellular turgor [ 3].
We found that the mutant stability is attributed with several factors including hydrophobicity.
The low RE of pkd-pathway mutant males is attributed to defects in sensory transduction, rather than structure, of the male cilia (Barr and Sternberg 1999; Barr et al. 2001).
