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The physiological significance of photosystem II heterogeneity in chloroplasts

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Photosystem II in green plant chloroplasts displays heterogeneity both in the composition of its light-harvesting antenna and in the ability to reduce the plastoquinone pool. These two features are discussed in terms of chloroplast development and in view of a proposed photosystem II repair cycle.

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  1. Division of Molecular Plant Biology, University of California, 313 Hilgard Hall, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Jeanne E. Guenther & Anastasios Melis

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Guenther, J.E., Melis, A. The physiological significance of photosystem II heterogeneity in chloroplasts. Photosynth Res 23, 105–109 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00030070

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