The structure and function of RuBisCO and their implications for systematic studies

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 413-428

  Kellogg, Elizabeth A ^a   Juliano, Nickolas D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon fixation; carboxylase; oxygenase; protein engineering; protein evolution; RuBisCO

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0030946680     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446015     Document Type: Review

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