High Level Expression of C 4-Specific NADP-Malic Enzyme in Leaves and Impairment of Photoautotrophic Growth in a C 3 Plant , Rice

Hiroko Tsuchida , Tesshu Tamai , Hiroshi Fukayama , Sakae Agarie 1, , Mika Nomura , Haruko Onodera , Kazuko Ono , Yaeko Nishizawa, Byung-Hyun Lee , Sakiko Hirose, Seiichi Toki , Maurice S. B. Ku , Makoto Matsuoka 4 and Mitsue Miyao 1, 7 1 National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Tsukuba, 305-8602 Japan 2 Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Kagawa, 761-0795 Japan 3 Botany Department, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4238, U.S.A. 4 BioScience Center, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 461-8601 Japan