Rubisco specificity factor tends to be larger in plant species from drier habitats and in species with persistent leaves

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 571-579

  Galmés, Jeroni ^a   Flexas, Jaume ^a   Keys, Alfred J ^b   Cifre, Josep ^a   Mitchell, Rowan A C ^b   Madgwick, Pippa J ^b   Haslam, Richard P ^b   Medrano, Hipólito ^a   Parry, Martin A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balearic Islands; Leaf habit; Mediterranean; Rubisco specificity factor; Xericity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEAF; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 18044367953     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01300.x     Document Type: Article

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