Antisense RNA Inhibition of RbcS Gene Expression Reduces Rubisco Level and Photosynthesis in the C4 Plant Flaveria bidentis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 725-734

  Furbank, Robert T ^a,b   Chitty, Julie A ^a   Von Caemmerer, Susanne ^b   Jenkins, Colin L D ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0001393390     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.3.725     Document Type: Article

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