| Genetic modification of photosynthesis with E. coli genes for trehalose synthesis (2004) | |||||||||||
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| Plant Biotechnology Journal Doi Genetic modification photosynthesis with coli genes for trehalose synthesis Blackwell Publishing Ltd Till Pellny Oula Ghannoum Jann Conroy Henriette Schluepmann Sjef Smeekens John Andralojc Klaus Peter Krause Oscar Goddijn and Matthew Paul Crop Performance and Improvement Rothamsted Research Harpenden Hertfordshire Molecular Plant Physiology Group Research School Biological Sciences Australian National University GPO Box Canberra ACT Australia Centre for Horticulture and Plant Sciences Hawkesbury Campus University Western Sydney South Penrith NSW Australia Molecular Plant Physiology Utrecht University Padualaan Utrecht The Netherlands Syngenta Mogen Einsteinweg Leiden Box Leiden The Netherlands Received August revised October accepted October Correspondence fax mail matthew paul bbsrc Summary Improvement photosynthesis per unit leaf area has been difficult alter breeding genetic modification report large changes photosynthesis Nicotiana tabacum transformed with coli genes for the trehalose pathway Significantly photosynthetic capacity assimilation varying light and and quantum yield PSII electron transport per unit leaf area and per leaf dry weight were increased lines tabacum transformed with the coli gene otsA which encodes trehalose phosphate synthase contrast transformation with otsB which encodes trehalose phosphate phosphatase Trec encoding trehalose phosphate hydrolase produced the opposite effect Changes assimilation per unit leaf area | |||||||||||
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