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Isolation and characterization of mutants of common ice plant deficient in crassulacean acid metabolism.
Plant physiology - 1 May 2008
Cushman John C, Agarie Sakae, Albion Rebecca L, Elliot Stewart M, Taybi Tahar, Borland Anne M
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Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is a specialized mode of photosynthesis that improves water use efficiency by shifting part or all of net atmospheric CO2 uptake to the night. Genetic dissection of regulatory and metabolic attributes of CAM has been limited by the difficulty of identifying a reliable phenotype for mutant screening. We developed a novel and simple colorimetric assay to measure leaf pH to screen...
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