Short term effect of ultraviolet-B radiation on photosystem 2 photochemistry in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus 6301

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 129-132

  Rajagopal, S ^a   Murthy, S D S ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Absorption spectra; Chlorophyll; Energy transfer; Fluorescence emission and excitation spectra; Phycocyanin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030027056     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02879646     Document Type: Article

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