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Abstract
Glyoxylate treatment doubles net photosynthetic carbon dioxide fixation by tobacco leaf disks because inhibition of glycolate synthesis by glyoxylate results in decreased photorespiration. These observations show that photorespiration can be metabolically regulated and suggest that genetic or chemical alteration of pool sizes of certain metabolites can produce plants with increased photosynthesis.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID: 867040 DOI: 10.1126/science.867040
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728