What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
His main research concerns Botany, Photosynthesis, Biochemistry, C4 photosynthesis and Photorespiration.
His research in Botany intersects with topics in Complementary DNA, Oryza and Genetically modified rice.
His Photosynthesis research incorporates elements of Intracellular, Organelle, Cell biology and Compartmentalization.
His studies in Biochemistry integrate themes in fields like Plasmodesma and Quantitative determination.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Pyruvate carboxylase and Anatomy.
His Photorespiration research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Ultrastructure, Vascular bundle, Cytosol, Chlorophyll fluorescence and Transpiration.
His most cited work include:
- High-level expression of maize phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in transgenic rice plants (348 citations)
- Turnover of Soluble Proteins in the Wheat Sieve Tube (212 citations)
- Photosynthetic and photorespiratory characteristics of flaveria species. (158 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His scientific interests lie mostly in Photosynthesis, Botany, Biochemistry, Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase and C4 photosynthesis.
His study in Photosynthesis is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Vascular bundle and Chloroplast.
Maurice S. B. Ku has researched Botany in several fields, including Carbon dioxide and Genetically modified rice.
His work in Genetically modified rice addresses issues such as Gene expression, which are connected to fields such as Complementary DNA and Transformation.
His work in Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase covers topics such as RuBisCO which are related to areas like Photosynthetic efficiency.
His study looks at the relationship between C4 photosynthesis and topics such as Chenopodiaceae, which overlap with Salsola and Ecology.
He most often published in these fields:
- Photosynthesis (56.70%)
- Botany (56.70%)
- Biochemistry (42.27%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1999-2020)?
- Botany (56.70%)
- Gene (23.71%)
- Photosynthesis (56.70%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary scientific interests are in Botany, Gene, Photosynthesis, Gene expression and Genetically modified rice.
He has included themes like Thylakoid and Metabolism in his Botany study.
His work deals with themes such as Vascular bundle and Plant physiology, which intersect with Photosynthesis.
Maurice S. B. Ku usually deals with Gene expression and limits it to topics linked to Transformation and Northern blot, Tiller, Wild type and Enzyme.
Genetically modified crops and Biochemistry are the main areas of his Genetically modified rice studies.
Maurice S. B. Ku interconnects Photosynthetic capacity and RuBisCO in the investigation of issues within Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase.
Between 1999 and 2020, his most popular works were:
- Characterizing Regulatory and Functional Differentiation between Maize Mesophyll and Bundle Sheath Cells by Transcriptomic Analysis (109 citations)
- Characterizing Regulatory and Functional Differentiation between Maize Mesophyll and Bundle Sheath Cells by Transcriptomic Analysis (109 citations)
- Compartmentation of photosynthesis in cells and tissues of C4 plants (99 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
Maurice S. B. Ku focuses on Photosynthesis, Genetically modified rice, Biochemistry, Botany and Cell biology.
His studies deal with areas such as Ultrastructure and Vascular bundle as well as Photosynthesis.
His work on Molecular mass and Trypsin as part of general Biochemistry research is frequently linked to Serine Proteinase Inhibitors, Protease inhibitor and Helicoverpa armigera, bridging the gap between disciplines.
His Botany research includes themes of Complementary DNA and Transformation.
Maurice S. B. Ku focuses mostly in the field of Complementary DNA, narrowing it down to topics relating to Poaceae and, in certain cases, Gene and Regulation of gene expression.
His Cell biology study combines topics in areas such as Gene family, Transcriptome, Cellular differentiation and Gene expression profiling.
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