Multiple isoforms of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in the Orchidaceae (subtribe Oncidiinae): Implications for the evolution of crassulacean acid metabolism

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 3623-3636

  Silvera, Katia ^a,b   Winter, Klaus ^a   Leticia Rodriguez, B ^b   Albion, Rebecca L ^b   Cushman, John C ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crassulacean acid metabolism; Gene duplication; Oncidiinae; Orchidaceae; Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOPROTEIN; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ENZYMOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ORCHIDACEAE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; GENE DUPLICATION; ORCHIDACEAE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

EID: 84920128743     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru234     Document Type: Article

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