Rubisco catalytic properties of wild and domesticated relatives provide scope for improving wheat photosynthesis

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1827-1838

  Prins, Anneke ^a,c   Orr, Douglas J ^a,d   Andralojc, P John ^a   Reynolds, Matthew P ^b   Carmo Silva, Elizabete ^a   Parry, Martin A J ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aegilops; barley; carboxylation; enzyme kinetics; photosynthesis; Rubisco; Triticeae; Triticum

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

BIOCATALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROP; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; WHEAT;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCATALYSIS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENOTYPE; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; TRITICUM;

EID: 84962812272     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv574     Document Type: Article

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