Cyanobacterial-based approaches to improving photosynthesis in plants

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 787-798

  Zarzycki, Jan ^a   Axen, Seth D ^a   Kinney, James N ^a   Kerfeld, Cheryl A ^a,b  

^a DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide fixation; Carbonic anhydrase; Carboxysomes; Cyanobacteria; Photorespiration; Photosynthesis; RubisCO; RubisCO activase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYANOBACTERIA; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84875723302     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers294     Document Type: Review

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