Homeostatic regulation upon changes of enzyme activities in the Calvin cycle as an example for general mechanisms of flux control. What can we expect from transgenic plants?

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-239

  Fridlyand, Leonid E ^a   Backhausen, Jan E ^b   Scheibe, Renate ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS   (Belarus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

CO2 assimilation; Metabolic control analysis; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; HOMEOSTASIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSKETOLASE;

EID: 0033427312     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006342812049     Document Type: Article

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