Abstract
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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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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