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Abstract
Photorespiration rates in tissue cultures of a C(4) plant, Portulaca oleracea, were compared to those in tissue cultures of a C(3) plant, Streptanthus tortuosus. The C(4) plant tissue cultures have one-half to one-third the photorespiration rate of the C(3) plant tissue cultures and respond to varying O(2) concentrations in a manner typical of C(4) plants. The results suggest that the lack of detectable photorespiration in C(4) plants is not related to leaf anatomy.Entities:
Year: 1976 PMID: 16659720 PMCID: PMC543284 DOI: 10.1104/pp.58.4.573
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Plant Physiol ISSN: 0032-0889 Impact factor: 8.340