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Spencer M. Whitney
Researcher at Australian National University
Publications - 83
Citations - 5957
Spencer M. Whitney is an academic researcher from Australian National University. The author has contributed to research in topics: RuBisCO & Photosynthesis. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 76 publications receiving 5113 citations. Previous affiliations of Spencer M. Whitney include James Cook University & Australian Institute of Marine Science.
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The diversity and coevolution of rubisco, plastids, pyrenoids, and chloroplast-based co2-concentrating mechanisms in algae
Murray R. Badger,T. John Andrews,Spencer M. Whitney,Martha Ludwig,David Yellowlees,William Leggat,G. Dean Price +6 more
TL;DR: This review examines the potential diversity of both Rubisco and chloroplast-based CCMs across algal divisions, including both green and nongreen algae, and seeks to highlight recent advances in the understanding of the area and future areas for research.
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Advancing Our Understanding and Capacity to Engineer Nature’s CO2-Sequestering Enzyme, Rubisco
TL;DR: There is a growing impetus in developing novel strategies to address global concerns regarding food security as crop productivity gains through traditional breeding begin to lag and arable land becomes scarcer.
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Rubisco activity and regulation as targets for crop improvement
Martin A. J. Parry,P. John Andralojc,Joanna C. Scales,Michael E. Salvucci,A. Elizabete Carmo-Silva,Hernan Alonso,Spencer M. Whitney +6 more
TL;DR: As the rate-limiting step in carbon assimilation, even modest improvements in the overall performance of Rubisco pose a viable pathway for obtaining significant gains in plant yield, particularly under stressful environmental conditions.
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Rubisco in marine symbiotic dinoflagellates: form II enzymes in eukaryotic oxygenic phototrophs encoded by a nuclear multigene family.
TL;DR: A previously unrecognized branch of Rubisco's evolution is confirmed: a eukaryotic form II enzyme that participates in oxygenic photosynthesis and is encoded by a diverse, nuclear multigene family.
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The cyanobacterial CCM as a source of genes for improving photosynthetic CO2 fixation in crop species
G. Dean Price,Jasper J. L. Pengelly,Britta Förster,Jiahui Du,Spencer M. Whitney,Susanne von Caemmerer,Murray R. Badger,Susan M. Howitt,John R. Evans +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed to integrate components of the highly efficient CO(2)-concentrating mechanism (CCM) present in cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) into the chloroplasts of key C(3) crop plants, particularly wheat and rice.