Photonic multilayer structure of Begonia chloroplasts enhances photosynthetic efficiency

Nature Plants

Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Jacobs, Matthew ^a   Lopez Garcia, Martin ^a   Phrathep, O Phart ^a   Lawson, Tracy ^b   Oulton, Ruth ^a   Whitney, Heather M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEGONIACEAE; CHLOROPLAST; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THYLAKOID; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BEGONIACEAE; CHLOROPLASTS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT EPIDERMIS; THYLAKOIDS;

EID: 84992411920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20550278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2016.162     Document Type: Article

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