Ectopic expression of Rubisco subunits in maize mesophyll cells does not overcome barriers to cell type-specific accumulation

Plant Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 419-432

  Wostrikoff, Katia ^a,b   Clark, Aimee ^a   Sato, Shirley ^a   Clemente, Tom ^c   Stern, David ^a  

^a United States Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 84865855493     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.195677     Document Type: Article

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