Regulatory Mechanisms of C4 Photosynthesis

Abstract

Abstract: Now, C3 crops rice can not satisfy human food, however, C4 plants photosynthetic utilization rate is high, grain yield is high, so people may apply C4 photosynthesis to C3 plants rice to raise the efficiency of photosynthesis, to increase production. The regulatory mechanisms of C4 photosynthesis is certain cell specific. This paper introduces and analyses the regulatory mechanisms of C4 photosynthesis and also discusses Setaria viridis has great potential to serve as a model for the genetic dissection of C4 photosynthesis.

Key words: Photosynthesis, Photorespiration, C4 plants, Regulation, Differentiation

Gong Xiuxiu, Wang Kai, Dong Wen, Ding Jianfeng, Ma Xiuling. Regulatory Mechanisms of C4 Photosynthesis[J]. Biotechnology Bulletin, 2013, 0(3): 19-23.

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