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Cyclic electron flow: facts and hypotheses

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Over the last 15 years, research into the process of cyclic electron flow in photosynthesis has seen a huge resurgence. Having been considered by some in the early 1990s as a physiologically unimportant artefact, it is now recognised as essential to normal plant growth. Here, we provide an overview of the major developments covered in this special issue of photosynthesis research.

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Research in GNJ’s laboratory is supported by the UK Biological Sciences and Biotechnology Research Council. Research GF’s laboratory is supported by a Marie Curie Initial Training Network Accliphot (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-ITN; 316427) and the HFSP (HFSP0052). We would like to thank the late David Knaff for the support and encouragement he gave us during the preparation of this special issue.

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  1. Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, UMR 5168, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Institut National Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologie de Grenoble (BIG), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Grenoble, 38100, France

    Giovanni Finazzi

  2. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK

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Finazzi, G., Johnson, G.N. Cyclic electron flow: facts and hypotheses. Photosynth Res 129, 227–230 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-016-0306-2

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