Antagonistic effects of α-tocopherol and α-tocoquinone in the regulation of cyclic electron transport around photosystem II

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 52, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 766-774

  Kruk, J ^a   Burda, K ^b   Radunz, A ^c   Strzalka K ^a   Schmid, G H ^c  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclic Electron Transport; Oxygen Evolution; Photosystem II; Plastoquinone A; Thylakoid Membrane; Tocopherol; Tocoquinone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031417318     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-1997-11-1208     Document Type: Article

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