Exploiting transplastomically modified Rubisco to rapidly measure natural diversity in its carbon isotope discrimination using tuneable diode laser spectroscopy

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 3759-3767

  Von Caemmerer, Susanne ^a   Tazoe, Youshi ^a   Evans, John R ^a   Whitney, Spencer M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope discrimination; Flaveria; Rubisco; Tobacco; Tuneable diode laser spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

CARBON CYCLE; DIODE LASER; ENZYMOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLAVERIA; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROCEDURES; SPECTROSCOPY; TOBACCO;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; FLAVERIA; GENOTYPE; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TOBACCO;

EID: 84925230264     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru036     Document Type: Article

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