New capabilities for assembling plant Rubisco in bacteria offer a revolution for enhancing photosynthesis. The technology provides a breakthrough to identify and test solutions for improving CO2 fixation by crop Rubisco.
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Conlan, B., Whitney, S. Preparing Rubisco for a tune up. Nature Plants 4, 12–13 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-017-0089-2
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