Strategies for engineering C4 photosynthesis

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 378-388

  Leegood, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bundle sheath; C4 photosynthesis; Mesophyll; Photorespiration; Rubisco

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

CELL RESPIRATION; CROP; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CARBON; CELL RESPIRATION; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

EID: 84873118194     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2012.10.011     Document Type: Review

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