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Aberrant chloroplasts in transgenic rice plants expressing a high level of maize NADP-dependent malic enzyme.
Planta - 1 Jul 2000
Takeuchi Y, Akagi H, Kamasawa N, Osumi M, Honda H
Abstract excerpt
NADP-dependent malic enzyme (NADP-ME) is a major decarboxylating enzyme in NADP-ME-type C4 species such as maize and Flaveria. In this study, chloroplastic NADP-ME was transferred to rice (Oryza sativa L.) using a chimeric gene composed of maize NADP-ME cDNA under the control of rice light-harvesting chlorophyll-a/b-binding protein (Cab) promoter. There was a 20- to 70-fold increase in the NADP-ME activity in...
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