A study of photorespiratory ammonia production in the C4 plant Amaranthus edulis, using mutants with altered photosynthetic capacities

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 447-455

  Lacuesta, M ^a   Dever, L V ^c   Munoz Rueda A ^b   Lea, P J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b F Ciencias   (Spain)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amaranthus edulis; aminoacetonitrile; ammonia; C4 photosynthesis mutants; glycine decarboxylase; phosphinothricin; phosphoenolypyruvate carboxylase; photorespiration

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS EDULIS;

EID: 0030935135     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.990313.x     Document Type: Article

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