Progress in understanding and engineering primary plant metabolism

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 229-238

  Stitt, Mark ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; INCOMPLETE KNOWLEDGE; INTERCONVERSIONS; MAINTENANCE COST; METABOLITE TRANSPORTS; PHOTORESPIRATION; PLANT METABOLISM; RECENT RESEARCHES;

ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MAINTENANCE; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOGENESIS; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOXYLATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL REGENERATION; DECARBOXYLATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; GLYCOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PHOTORESPIRATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT METABOLISM; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL RESPIRATION; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; STARCH; SUCROSE; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84874991822     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2012.11.002     Document Type: Review

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