Degreening of the unicellular alga Euglena gracilis: Thylakoid composition, room temperature fluorescence spectra and chloroplast morphology

Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 631-641

  Ferroni, L ^a   Baldisserotto, C ^a   Pantaleoni, L ^a   Fasulo, M P ^a   Fagioli, P ^a   Pancaldi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Degreening; Euglena gracilis; Microspectrofluorimetry; Photosystem II; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLOROPLAST; GREEN ALGA; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SENESCENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EUGLENA GRACILIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSYSTEM II; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; THYLAKOID; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHLOROPLASTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EUGLENA GRACILIS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE; THYLAKOIDS;

ALGAE; EUGLENA GRACILIS;

EID: 67650485652     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2008.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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