Basic mutant information
Mutant name	atapg9-1
Mutant/Transgenic	mutant
Ecotype	Col-0
Mutagenesis type	T-DNA insertion_knock out
(Semi-)Dominant/Recessive	recessive
Description	Bolting and Natural Leaf Senescence Were Accelerated in atapg9-1.
References	1: Hanaoka H, Noda T, Shirano Y, Kato T, Hayashi H, Shibata D, Tabata S, Ohsumi Y Leaf senescence and starvation-induced chlorosis are accelerated by the disruption of an Arabidopsis autophagy gene. Plant Physiol. 2002 Jul;129(3):1181-93
Mutated genes
Locus name	AT2G31260
Alias	AtAPG9
Organism	Arabidopsis thaliana
Description	Involved in autophagy, the process of vacuolar bulk degradation of cytoplasmic components. Mutant shows accelerated bolting and senescence.
Phenotype information
Darkness induced senescence Chlorophyll content low Leaf color yellow Marker gene expression yes