Photosynthetic complex stoichiometry dynamics in higher plants: Environmental acclimation and photosynthetic flux control

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Schöttler, Mark A ^a   Tóth, Szilvia Z ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Acclimation; ATP synthase; Photosynthetic flux control; Photosystem I; Photosystem II; Plastocyanin; Senescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901033394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00188     Document Type: Review

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