Hornworts: An Overlooked Window into Carbon-Concentrating Mechanisms

Hornworts: An Overlooked Window into Carbon-Concentrating Mechanisms

Hornworts are the only land plant lineage harboring a biophysical carbon-concentrating mechanism (CCM). Here, we argue that hornworts are a promising, yet currently overlooked, model system to study the evolution and genetic basis of CCMs. The results of such studies could have translational values...

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Veröffentlicht in:Trends in plant science 2017-04, Vol.22 (4), p.275-277
Hauptverfasser: Li, Fay-Wei, Villarreal, Juan Carlos, Szövényi, Péter
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Anthoceros agrestis
Anthocerotophyta - metabolism
Biological evolution
Carbon
Carbon - metabolism
Carbon Dioxide - metabolism
Chlamydomonas
CO2
Engineering
Flowers & plants
food security
Models, Biological
Plants (organisms)
pyrenoids
Studies
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Zusammenfassung:Hornworts are the only land plant lineage harboring a biophysical carbon-concentrating mechanism (CCM). Here, we argue that hornworts are a promising, yet currently overlooked, model system to study the evolution and genetic basis of CCMs. The results of such studies could have translational values toward engineering a CCM in crop plants.
ISSN:1360-1385
1878-4372
DOI:10.1016/j.tplants.2017.02.002