Adventures with cyanobacteria: A personal perspective

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 2, Issue JUL, 2011, Pages

  Govindjee, ^a   Shevela, Dmitriy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anacystis nidulans (synechococcus elongatus strain PCC 7942); Chlorophyll a fluorescence; Emerson enhancement effect; P750; Photosystem I; Photosystem II; Red drop; Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858681266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2011.00028     Document Type: Article

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