A simple colorimetric determination of the manganese content in photosynthetic membranes

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-48

  Semin, Boris K ^a,b   Seibert, Michael ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorimetric assay; Manganese assay; Manganese content; Oxygen evolving complex; Photosystem II

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; COLORIMETRY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; SPECTROSCOPY; SPINACH;

CHLOROPLASTS; COLORIMETRY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MANGANESE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 67349131149     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9421-7     Document Type: Article

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