Overexpression of rubisco activase decreases the photosynthetic co2 assimilation rate by reducing rubisco content in rice leaves

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 976-986

  Fukayama, Hiroshi ^a   Ueguchi, Chiaki ^a   Nishikawa, Kaoru ^a   Katoh, Nobuaki ^a   Ishikawa, Chie ^a   Masumoto, Chisato ^a,b   Hatanaka, Tomoko ^a   Misoo, Shuji ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Overexpression; Photosynthesis; Rice (Oryza sativa L.); Rubisco; Rubisco activase

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; NITROGEN; RBCL PROTEIN, PLASTID; RCA PROTEIN, PLANT; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; LIGHT; NITROGEN; ORYZA SATIVA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84862182703     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcs042     Document Type: Article

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