The isolation and characterisation of a mutant of the C4 plant Amaranthus edulis deficient in NAD-malic enzyme activity

Planta

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 649-656

  Dever, Louisa V ^a   Pearson, Mark ^a   Ireland, Robert J ^b   Leegood, Richard C ^c   Lea, Peter J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amaranthus (mutant); C4 photosynthesis; Mutant (Amaranthus) NAD malic enzyme

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOUS MUTANT; MALIC ACID; MUTANT; NICOTINAMIDE DINUCLEOTIDE MALIC ENZYME; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT METABOLISM; PYRUVIC ACID;

AMARANTHUS EDULIS;

EID: 0031761259     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050443     Document Type: Article

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