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Perspectives on Early Research on Photosynthesis in Chlamydomonas

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The Molecular Biology of Chloroplasts and Mitochondria in Chlamydomonas

Part of the book series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration ((AIPH,volume 7))

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Personal perspectives of the authors on research conducted in the laboratory of R. P. Levine at the Biological Laboratories, Harvard University in the latter half of the 1960s to the early 1970s is described. The chapter summarizes the state of research in photosynthesis and chloroplast biology in the early 1960s. The authors recall experiments and events that led to the establishment of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as a model organism for the study of photosynthesis and the molecular biology of chloroplasts. These reminiscences include personal anecdotes that try to convey the excitement, and elation and disappointments, that were experienced during these pioneering times in Chlamydomonas research.

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Abbreviations

DCMU:

3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl) 1,1 -dimethylurea

DCIP:

2,6-dichloroindophenol

F0 and CF1:

components of chloroplast ATP synthase

PMS:

phenazine methosulfate

PS I:

Photosystem I

PS II:

Photosystem II

Rubisco:

ribulose-1,5-biphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase

TAP:

trisacetate-phosphate

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  1. Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405, USA

    Robert K. Togasaki & Stefan J. Surzycki

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Togasaki, R.K., Surzycki, S.J. (1998). Perspectives on Early Research on Photosynthesis in Chlamydomonas. In: Rochaix, J.D., Goldschmidt-Clermont, M., Merchant, S. (eds) The Molecular Biology of Chloroplasts and Mitochondria in Chlamydomonas. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48204-5_2

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