Occurrence and forms of Kranz anatomy in photosynthetic organs and characterization of NAD-ME subtype C4 photosynthesis in Blepharis ciliaris (L.) B. L. Burtt (Acanthaceae)

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1755-1765

  Akhani, Hossein ^a   Ghasemkhani, Maraym ^a   Chuong, Simon D X ^b   Edwards, Gerald E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthaceae; Blepharis; C4 plants; Desert adaptation; Kranz anatomy; NAD ME type; Photosynthetic enzymes

Indexed keywords

MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (OXALOACETATE DECARBOXYLATING) (NAD+); MALATE DEHYDROGENASE-(OXALOACETATE-DECARBOXYLATING) (NAD+);

ACANTHACEAE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COTYLEDON; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; HEAT; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM;

ACANTHACEAE; COTYLEDON; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; HEAT; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS;

ACANTHACEAE; BLEPHARIS; BLEPHARIS CILIARIS; COTYLEDON (GENUS);

EID: 44649109030     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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