ictB Tobacco Transformants (VIDEO)

Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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In a recent study, published in the Journal of Experimental Botany, a team of Illinois researchers tested the potential for increased plant productivity and intrinsic water-use efficiency through the overexpression of inorganic carbon transporter B (ictB) in field-grown tobacco.

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