Cyt b-559 (Fd) participating in cyclic electron transport in spinach chloroplasts: Evidence for kinetic connection with the Cyt b6/f complex

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 818-824

  Heimann, Sebastian ^a   Schreiber, Ulrich ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclic electron transport; Cyt b 559; Cyt b6 f complex; Q cycle

Indexed keywords

ANTIMYCIN A1; ASCORBIC ACID; CHLOROPLAST; ELECTRON TRANSFER; FERREDOXIN; FERREDOXIN PLASTOQUINONE REDUCTASE; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYSTEM I; SPECTROMETRY; SPINACH; THYLAKOID; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

SPINACIA OLERACEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032873749     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029610     Document Type: Article

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