FRAP analysis of photosynthetic membranes

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 400, 2004, Pages 1207-1211

  Mullineaux, Conrad W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Confocal microscopy; Cyanobacteria; Diffusion; Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching (FRAP); Green algae; Photosynthesis; Synechococcus sp.; Thylakoid membrane

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENCE; HARVESTING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CELL BIOLOGY; PHOTOBLEACHING;

CELLS;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; THYLAKOID;

CYANOBACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; THYLAKOIDS;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 2942534185     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh106     Document Type: Conference Paper

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