Comparative analyses of C4 and C3 photosynthesis in developing leaves of maize and rice

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1158-1164

  Wang, Lin ^a,k   Czedik Eysenberg, Angelika ^b   Mertz, Rachel A ^a   Si, Yaqing ^c,k,l   Tohge, Takayuki ^b   Nunes Nesi, Adriano ^b,k,m   Arrivault, Stephanie ^b   Dedow, Lauren K ^a,k,n   Bryant, Douglas W ^a   Zhou, Wen ^c   Xu, Jiajia ^d   Weissmann, Sarit ^a   Studer, Anthony ^a   Li, Pinghua ^e,k,o   Zhang, Cankui ^f,k   LaRue, Therese ^g   Shao, Ying ^a,k,p   Ding, Zehong ^e   Sun, Qi ^h   Patel, Rohan V ⁱ   Turgeon, Robert ^f   Zhu, Xinguang ^d   Provart, Nicholas J ⁱ   Mockler, Todd C ^a   Fernie, Alisdair R ^b   Stitt, Mark ^b   Liu, Peng ^c   Brutnell, Thomas P ^a,j   more..

^a DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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

^c Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^d Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

^f PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^h Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^j HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^k MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^l SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^m FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^o SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^p ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRANSCRIPTION;

ARID CONDITIONS; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON METABOLISM; CIS-REGULATORY ELEMENTS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPMENTAL MODELS; ORYZA SATIVA;

PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CARBON; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; NITROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; C3 PHOTOSYNTHESIS; C4 PHOTOSYNTHESIS; CARBON METABOLISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GRASS; MAIZE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLITE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; ORYZA; PHYSIOLOGY;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; NITROGEN; ORYZA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84983189032     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3019     Document Type: Article

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