Photochemical and Photobiological Reviews

1. Front Matter

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2. Energy Transfer Processes in Bioluminescence

   • William W. Ward

   Pages 1-57

3. Phytochrome: Function and Properties

   • Lee H. Pratt

   Pages 59-124

4. Photosynthesis and Fast Changes in Light Emission by Green Plants

   • Govindjee, Paul A. Jursinic

   Pages 125-205

5. Photoreceptors for Circadian Rhythms

   • Helga Ninnemann

   Pages 207-266

6. Nondimer Damage in Deoxyribonucleic Acid Caused by Ultraviolet Radiation

   • Ronald O. Rahn

   Pages 267-330

7. Back Matter

   Pages 331-333

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The goals of the science of photobiology can be divided into four categories: to develop (I) ways to optimize the beneficial effects of light on man and his environment, (2) methods to protect organisms, including man, from the detrimental effects of light, (3) photochemical tools for use in studies of life processes, and (4) photochemical therapies in medicine. To achieve these goals will require the knowledgeable collaboration of biologists, chemists, engineers, mathematicians, physicians, and physicists; because photobiology is a truly multidisciplinary science. While a multidis­ ciplinary science is more intellectually demanding, it also has a greater potential for unexpected breakthroughs that can occur when data from several areas of science are integrated into new concepts for theoretical or practical use. Photochemical and Photobiological Reviews continues to provide in­ depth coverage of the many specialty areas of photobiology. It is hoped that these reviews will provide an important service to the younger scientists in the field and to senior scientists in related fields, because they provide a ready access to the recent literature in the field, and more importantly, they frequently offer a critical evaluation of the direction that the field is taking, or suggest a redirection when appropriate. Since it is important that this review series remain responsive to the needs of photochemists and photobiologists, the Editor would value com­ ments and suggestions from its readers.

• Phytochrome
• biological
• biology
• environment
• fields
• iron
• medicine
• photobiology
• photosynthesis
• science

• Stanford University School of Medicine, USA

  Kendric C. Smith

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