Photorespiration protects C3 plants from photooxidation

Photorespiration protects C3 plants from photooxidation

Kozaki and Takeba show that photorespiration can act as a defense mechanism for plants to light. They constructed transgenic tobacco plants enriched or reduced in plastidic glutamine synthetase.

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 1996-12, Vol.384 (6609), p.557-560
Hauptverfasser: Kozaki, Akiko, Takeba, Go
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Biological and medical sciences
Flowers & plants
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Light
Metabolism
Nicotiana tabacum
Photooxidation
Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis, respiration. Anabolism, catabolism
Plant physiology and development
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Zusammenfassung:Kozaki and Takeba show that photorespiration can act as a defense mechanism for plants to light. They constructed transgenic tobacco plants enriched or reduced in plastidic glutamine synthetase.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/384557a0