Gymnosperms have increased capacity for electron leakage to oxygen (Mehler and PTOX reactions) in photosynthesis compared with angiosperms

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1152-1163

  Shirao, Masayoshi ^a   Kuroki, Shu ^a   Kaneko, Kaoru ^a   Kinjo, Yuriko ^a   Tsuyama, Michito ^a   Förster, Britta ^b   Takahashi, Shunichi ^b   Badger, Murray R ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Electron flow; Gymnosperms; Mehler reaction; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; PLASTOQUINONE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE; GYMNOSPERM; KINETICS; MEHLER REACTION; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLASTID;

ANGIOSPERMS; ELECTRON FLOW; GYMNOSPERMS; MEHLER REACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ANGIOSPERMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE; GYMNOSPERMS; KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I PROTEIN COMPLEX; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASTIDS; PLASTOQUINONE;

EID: 84880223210     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct066     Document Type: Article

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