Exaptation of ancestral cell-identity networks enables C4 photosynthesis

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in Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

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Class of 2026

“Exaptation of ancestral cell-identity networks enables C4 photosynthesis”

AuthorsJoseph Swift, Leonie H Luginbuehl et al.

Leonie H. Luginbuehl, Joseph R. Ecker, Julian M. Hibberd

JournalNature

Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Citations64

DOI10.1038/s41586-024-08204-3

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C4 photosynthesis · C3 photosynthesis · bundle sheath cells · cell-identity networks · cis-regulatory elements · DOF transcription factors · DNA binding with one finger motifs · single-nucleus gene-expression atlases · chromatin-accessibility atlases · photosynthesis gene rewiring · CO2 compartmentalization · rice · sorghum · ancestral cis-code · transcription factor patterning · exaptation · C4 engineering in C3 crops

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