Photosynthesis I

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXIV

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • A. Trebst, M. Avron

      Pages 1-4

3. History

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5

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   2. Photosynthesis 1950–75: Changing Concepts and Perspectives

      • D. I. Arnon

      Pages 7-56

4. Electron Transport

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57

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   2. General

      • W. Junge

      Pages 59-93

   3. Electron Transport in Chloroplasts

      • J. H. Golbeck, S. Lien, A. San Pietro

      Pages 94-116

   4. Porphyrins, Chlorophyll, and Photosynthesis

      • D. Mauzerall

      Pages 117-124

   5. Light Conversion Efficiency in Photosynthesis

      • R. J. Radmer, B. Kok

      Pages 125-135

   6. P-700

      • G. E. Hoch

      Pages 136-148

   7. Chlorophyll Fluorescence: A Probe for Electron Transfer and Energy Transfer

      • W. L. Butler

      Pages 149-167

   8. Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

      • E. C. Weaver, G. A. Corker

      Pages 168-178

   9. Primary Electron Acceptors

      • R. Malkin

      Pages 179-186

   10. Oxygen Evolution and Manganese

       • B. A. Diner, P. Joliot

       Pages 187-205

   11. Ferredoxin

       • D. O. Hall, K. K. Rao

       Pages 206-216

   12. Flavodoxin

       • H. Bothe

       Pages 217-221

   13. Flavoproteins

       • G. Forti

       Pages 222-226

   14. Cytochromes

       • W. A. Cramer

       Pages 227-237

   15. Plastoquinone

       • J. Amesz

       Pages 238-246

   16. Plastocyanin

       • S. Katoh

       Pages 247-252

As editor of the two-part Volume V on photosynthesis in RUHLAND'S Encyclopedia, the forerunner of this series published in 1960, I have been approached by the editors of the present volume to provide a short preface. The justification for following this suggestion lies in the great changes which have been taking place in biology in the two decades between these publications, changes which are reflected in the new editorial plan. Twenty years ago it appeared convenient and formally easy to consider photo­ synthesis as a clearly separated field of research, which could be dealt with under two major headings: one presenting primarily photochemical and biochemical prin­ ciples, the other physiological and environmental studies. Such a partition, however, as far as aims and opinions of the authors were concerned, resulted in a rather heterogeneous volume. Today, the tendency in experimental biology is towards a merger of previously distinct disciplines. Biochemists and biophysicists have developed their methods to such an extent that, over and above the analysis of individual reaction sequences, work on the manifold interrelationships among cellular activities has become in­ creasingly possible. Joining them in growing numbers are the physiologists and ecologists with their wealth of information on activity changes in vivo and on the variability and efficiency of the organisms concerned. Furthermore, biochemists, biophysicists and physiologists also now share a lively interest in ultrastructure research, the results and implications of which, through continually improving methodology, have generated important stimuli for the work in the field of cell function.

• Chloroplast
• Nucleotide
• Protein
• bacteria
• biosynthesis
• cell
• development
• evolution
• membrane
• photosynthesis
• plant
• proteins
• regulation
• transport
• water

• Abteilung für Biologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum-Querenburg, Germany

  A. Trebst

• Department of Biochemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

  M. Avron

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