C4 rice- an ideal arena for systems biology research

Engineering the C4 photosynthetic pathway into C3 crops has the potential to dramatically increase the yields of major C3 crops. The genetic control of features involved in C4 photosynthesis are still far from being understood; which partially explains why we have gained little success in C4 enginee...

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Autores principales: Zhu, Xinguang, Shan, Lanlan, Wang, Yu, Quick, William Paul
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/166029
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author Zhu, Xinguang
Shan, Lanlan
Wang, Yu
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description Engineering the C4 photosynthetic pathway into C3 crops has the potential to dramatically increase the yields of major C3 crops. The genetic control of features involved in C4 photosynthesis are still far from being understood; which partially explains why we have gained little success in C4 engineering thus far. Next generation sequencing techniques and other high throughput technologies are offering an unprecedented opportunity to elucidate the developmental and evolutionary processes of C4 photosynthesis. Two contrasting hypotheses about the evolution of C4 photosynthesis exist, i.e. the master switch hypothesis and the incremental gain hypothesis. These two hypotheses demand two different research strategies to proceed in parallel to maximize the success of C4 engineering. In either case, systems biology research will play pivotal roles in identifying key regulatory elements controlling development of C4 features, identifying essential biochemical and anatomical features required to achieve high photosynthetic efficiency, elucidating genetic mechanisms underlining C4 differentiation and ultimately identifying viable routes to engineer C4 rice. As a highly interdisciplinary project, the C4 rice project will have far‐reaching impacts on both basic and applied research related to agriculture in the 21st century.
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spelling CGSpace1660292025-05-14T10:24:01Z C4 rice- an ideal arena for systems biology research Zhu, Xinguang Shan, Lanlan Wang, Yu Quick, William Paul biochemical pathways c4 rice evolution genetic regulation genetic transformation photosynthesis plant anatomy transgenic plants Engineering the C4 photosynthetic pathway into C3 crops has the potential to dramatically increase the yields of major C3 crops. The genetic control of features involved in C4 photosynthesis are still far from being understood; which partially explains why we have gained little success in C4 engineering thus far. Next generation sequencing techniques and other high throughput technologies are offering an unprecedented opportunity to elucidate the developmental and evolutionary processes of C4 photosynthesis. Two contrasting hypotheses about the evolution of C4 photosynthesis exist, i.e. the master switch hypothesis and the incremental gain hypothesis. These two hypotheses demand two different research strategies to proceed in parallel to maximize the success of C4 engineering. In either case, systems biology research will play pivotal roles in identifying key regulatory elements controlling development of C4 features, identifying essential biochemical and anatomical features required to achieve high photosynthetic efficiency, elucidating genetic mechanisms underlining C4 differentiation and ultimately identifying viable routes to engineer C4 rice. As a highly interdisciplinary project, the C4 rice project will have far‐reaching impacts on both basic and applied research related to agriculture in the 21st century. 2010-08 2024-12-19T12:55:45Z 2024-12-19T12:55:45Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/166029 en Wiley Zhu, Xin‐Guang; Shan, Lanlan; Wang, Yu and Quick, William Paul. 2010. C4 rice- an ideal arena for systems biology research. JIPB, Volume 52 no. 8 p. 762-770
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c4 rice
evolution
genetic regulation
genetic transformation
photosynthesis
plant anatomy
transgenic plants
Zhu, Xinguang
Shan, Lanlan
Wang, Yu
Quick, William Paul
C4 rice- an ideal arena for systems biology research
title C4 rice- an ideal arena for systems biology research
title_full C4 rice- an ideal arena for systems biology research
title_fullStr C4 rice- an ideal arena for systems biology research
title_full_unstemmed C4 rice- an ideal arena for systems biology research
title_short C4 rice- an ideal arena for systems biology research
title_sort c4 rice an ideal arena for systems biology research
topic biochemical pathways
c4 rice
evolution
genetic regulation
genetic transformation
photosynthesis
plant anatomy
transgenic plants
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