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Arabidopsis-like C4 model system

Nature Plants volume 6, pages 1076–1077 (2020)Cite this article

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A new model system for C4 plants has been established based on an indoor-cultivated rapid-cycling foxtail millet mutant xiaomi. This mutant, together with its reference genome and an efficient transformation protocol, paves the way for understanding the unique and interesting biology of C4 photosynthesis.

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Fig. 1: A new C4 model system established based on mini S. italica mutant xiaomi due to increased interest in the research field.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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Yu, H. Arabidopsis-like C4 model system. Nat. Plants 6, 1076–1077 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-0738-8

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