SPECIAL ISSUE: EXPLOITING THE ENGINE OF C4 PHOTOSYNTHESIS CONTENTS 1) Commentary - Exploiting the engine of C4 photosynthesis Rowan F. Sage and Xin-Guang Zhu J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62(9): 2989-3000 doi:10.1093/jxb/err179
BIOCHEMISTRY, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, AND BIOTECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVES 1) Review Paper - Strategies for engineering a two-celled C4 photosynthetic pathway into rice Kaisa Kajala, Sarah Covshoff, Shanta Karki, Helen Woodfield, Ben J. Tolley, Mary Jaqueline A. Dionora, Reychelle T. Mogul, Abigail E. Mabilangan, Florence R. Danila, Julian M. Hibberd, and William P. Quick J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62(9): 3001-3010 doi:10.1093/jxb/err022
2) Review Paper – Best practice procedures for the establishment of a C4 cycle in transgenic C3 plants Christoph Peterhansel J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62(9): 3011-3019 doi:10.1093/jxb/err027
3) Review Paper - Lessons from engineering a single-cell C4 photosynthetic pathway into rice Mitsue Miyao, Chisato Masumoto, Shin-Ichi Miyazawa, and Hiroshi Fukayama J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62(9): 3021-3029 doi:10.1093/jxb/err023
4) Review Paper - Setaria viridis and Setaria italica, model genetic systems for the Panicoid grasses Pinghua Li and Thomas P. Brutnell J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62(9): 3031-3037 doi:10.1093/jxb/err096
5) Review Paper - The grass leaf developmental gradient as a platform for a systems understanding of the anatomical specialization of C4 leaves Timothy Nelson J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62(9): 3039-3048 doi:10.1093/jxb/err072
6) Review Paper - The role of proteins in C3 plants prior to their recruitment into the C4 pathway Sylvain Aubry, Naomi J. Brown, and Julian M. Hibberd J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62(9): 3049-3059 doi:10.1093/jxb/err012
7) Review Paper - Malate decarboxylases: evolution and roles of NAD(P)-ME isoforms in species performing C4 and C3 photosynthesis Alexandra Maier, Martina B. Zell, and Veronica G. Maurino J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62(9): 3061-3069 doi:10.1093/jxb/err024
8) Review Paper – The molecular evolution of β-carbonic anhydrase in Flaveria Martha Ludwig J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62(9): 3071-3081 doi:10.1093/jxb/err071
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9) Review Paper – Functional evolution of C4 pyruvate, orthophosphate dikinase Chris J. Chastain, Christopher J. Failing, Lumu Manandhar, Margaret A. Zimmerman, Mitchell M. Lakner, and Tony H. T. Nguyen J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62(9): 3083-3091 doi:10.1093/jxb/err058
10) Review Paper – Critical assessment of assembly strategies for non-model species mRNA-Seq data and application of next-generation sequencing to the comparison of C3 and C4 species Andrea Bräutigam, Thomas Mullick, Simon Schliesky, and Andreas P. M. Weber J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62(9): 3093-3102 doi:10.1093/jxb/err029
EVOLUTION AND WHOLE PLANT PERSPECTIVES 1) Opinion Paper - Evolution of the C4 photosynthetic mechanism: are there really three C4 acid decarboxylation types? Robert T. Furbank J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62(9): 3103-3108 doi:10.1093/jxb/err080
2) Review Paper - The role of transitory starch in C3, CAM, and C4 metabolism and opportunities for engineering leaf starch accumulation Sean E. Weise, Klaas J. van Wijk, and Thomas D. Sharkey J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62(9): 3109-3118 doi:10.1093/jxb/err035
3) Review Paper - The efficiency of C4 photosynthesis under low light conditions: assumptions and calculations with CO2 isotope discrimination Nerea Ubierna, Wei Sun, and Asaph B. Cousins J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62(9): 3119-3134 doi:10.1093/jxb/err073
4) Review Paper - Enhancing drought tolerance in C4 crops Marta S. Lopes, Jose Luis Araus, Philippus D. R. van Heerden, and Christine H. Foyer J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62(9): 3135-3153 doi:10.1093/jxb/err105
5) Review Paper - The C4 plant lineages of planet Earth Rowan F. Sage, Pascal-Antoine Christin, and Erika J. Edwards J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62(9): 3155-3169 doi:10.1093/jxb/err048
6) Research Paper - C4 eudicots are not younger than C4 monocots Pascal-Antoine Christin, Colin P. Osborne, Rowan F. Sage, Mónica Arakaki, and Erika J. Edwards J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62(9): 3171-3181 doi:10.1093/jxb/err041
7) Research Paper - The occurrence of C2 photosynthesis in Euphorbia subgenus Chamaesyce (Euphorbiaceae) Tammy L. Sage, Rowan F. Sage, Patrick J. Vogan, Beshar Rahman, Daniel C. Johnson, Jason C. Oakley, and Marta A. Heckel J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62(9): 3183-3195 doi:10.1093/jxb/err059
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8) Research Paper - Development of structural and biochemical characteristics of C4 photosynthesis in two types of Kranz anatomy in genus Suaeda (family Chenopodiaceae) Nuria K. Koteyeva, Elena V. Voznesenskaya, James O. Berry, Simon D. X. Chuong, Vincent R. Franceschi, and Gerald E. Edwards J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62(9): 3197-3212 doi:10.1093/jxb/err021
9) Research Paper - The avoidance and aggregative movements of mesophyll chloroplasts in C4 monocots in response to blue light and abscisic acid Eri Maai, Shouu Shimada, Masahiro Yamada, Tatsuo Sugiyama, Hiroshi Miyake, and Mitsutaka Taniguchi J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62(9): 3213-3221 doi:10.1093/jxb/err008
10) Research Paper - Panicum milioides (C3–C4) does not have improved water or nitrogen economies relative to C3 and C4 congeners exposed to industrial-age climate change Harshini Pinto, David T. Tissue, and Oula Ghannoum J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62(9): 3223-3234 doi:10.1093/jxb/err005
11) Research Paper - Impairment of C4 photosynthesis by drought is exacerbated by limiting nitrogen and ameliorated by elevated [CO2] in maize R. J. Cody Markelz, Reid S. Strellner, and Andrew D. B. Leakey J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62(9): 3235-3246 doi:10.1093/jxb/err056
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