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Wataru Yamori1, Marika Inagaki1, Hiroshi Fukayama2

  • 1Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science Institute for Sustainable Agri-Ecosystem, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

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CO2 assimilationRubisco activaseRubisco activationhigh CO2photosynthetic induction

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