Engineering photorespiration: Current state and future possibilities

Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 754-758

  Peterhansel, C ^a   Krause, K ^a   Braun, H P ^a   Espie, G S ^b   Fernie, A R ^c   Hanson, D T ^d   Keech, O ^e   Maurino, V G ^f   Mielewczik, M ^g   Sage, R F ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biomass enhancement; Carbon metabolism; Chloroplast; Genetic engineering; Mitochondrion; Rubisco

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BIOMASS; CARBON FIXATION; CHLOROPLAST; CROP YIELD; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; RESPIRATION;

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CELL RESPIRATION; CHLOROPLAST; CROP; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL RESPIRATION; CHLOROPLASTS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGHT; MITOCHONDRIA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84879493538     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00681.x     Document Type: Review

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