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RuBPCase, the enzyme responsible for carboxylation and oxidation of RuBP in a wide variety of photosynthetic organisms, is the major protein found in the chloroplast. Here we present the first evidence for direct expression in E. coli and B. subtilis of tobacco and Chlamydomonas ct-DNA sequences coding for the LS of RuBPCase as demonstrated by a simple in situ immunoassay.
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Zhu, Y.S., Lovett, P.S., Williams, D.M. et al. Nicotiana chloroplast genome. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 67, 333–336 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00272870
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