Hornworts: An Overlooked Window into Carbon-Concentrating Mechanisms - PubMed (original) (raw)

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. 2017 Apr;22(4):275-277.

doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2017.02.002. Epub 2017 Mar 7.

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Hornworts: An Overlooked Window into Carbon-Concentrating Mechanisms

Fay-Wei Li et al. Trends Plant Sci. 2017 Apr.

Abstract

Hornworts are the only land plant lineage harboring a biophysical carbon-concentrating mechanism (CCM). Here, we argue that hornworts are a promising, yet currently overlooked, model system to study the evolution and genetic basis of CCMs. The results of such studies could have translational values toward engineering a CCM in crop plants.

Keywords: Anthoceros agrestis; CO(2); Chlamydomonas; food security; pyrenoids.

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