Direct transcriptional control of the chloroplast genes psbA and psaAB adjusts photosynthesis to light energy distribution in plants

IUBMB Life

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 271-276

  Pfannschmidt, Thomas ^b,c   Nilsson, Anders ^a   Tullberg, Anna ^a   Link, Gerhard ^b   Allen, John F ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Gene expression; Photosynthesis; Photosystem stoichiometry; Redox control

Indexed keywords

PLASTOQUINONE;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CHLOROPLAST; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PLANT; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CHLOROPLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGHT; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHOTOSYSTEM I PROTEIN COMPLEX; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BRASSICA; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 0032702903     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/152165499306955     Document Type: Article

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