Degradation and release from the thylakoid membrane of photosystem II subunits after UV-B irradation of the liverwort Conocephalum conicum

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-78

  Ihle, Carolin ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conocephalum conicum; Photosystem II; Protein degradation; Ultraviolet B

Indexed keywords

CONOCEPHALUM CONICUM;

EID: 0030663814     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005871729513     Document Type: Article

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