Discovery of pheophytin function in the photosynthetic energy conversion as the primary electron acceptor of photosystem II

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 247-253

  Klimov, Vyacheslav V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

A.A. Krasnovsky; A.V. Klevanik; Electron acceptor; Pheophytin; Photosystem II; V. A. Shuvalov; V.V. Klimov

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043180438     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024990408747     Document Type: Short Survey

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