Facilitated water transport in cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 studied by phycobilisome-sensitized chlorophyll a fluorescence

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 84, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 181-185

  Stamatakis, Kostas ^a   Nectarios, Ladas ^a   Papageorgiou, George C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aquaporins; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Facilitated water transport; Osmotic cell volume changes; Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUORESCENCE; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; PHYCOBILISOME; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TIME; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PHYCOBILISOMES; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

ARRHENIUS; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIUM (GENUS); SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 23444437818     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-004-7175-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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