In many tropical grasses, including economically important plants such as maize, sorghum, and sugar cane, the isolation of rubisco is accomplished by a short carboxylation/decarboxylation pathway referred to as the Hatch-Slack cycle, after Marshall D Hatch and C Roger Slack, two plant physiologists who played key roles in the elucidation of the pathway. Plants containing …
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March 14, 2017