Directing the evolution of Rubisco and Rubisco activase: First impressions of a new tool for photosynthesis research

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 667-675

  Mueller Cajar, Oliver ^a,b   Whitney, Spencer M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activase; CO2 assimilation; Mutagenesis; Protein evolution; Rubisco; Sequence space

Indexed keywords

RCA PROTEIN, PLANT; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PROTEINS; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 57849104368     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-008-9324-z     Document Type: Review

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