Mechanism of Electron Flow through the QB Site in Photosystem II. 4. Reaction Mechanism of Plastoquinone Derivatives at the QB Site in Spinach Photosystem II Membrane Fragments

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 983-988

  Koike, Hiroyuki ^a   Yoneyama, Koichi ^b   Kashino, Yasuhiro ^a   Satoh, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Photosynthesis; Photosystem II; Plastoquinone; QB site; Spinach

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030475537     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029048     Document Type: Article

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