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Photophysiology. current topics in photobiology and photochemistry / Volume VI :
Photophysiology: Current Topics in Photobiology and Photochemistry, Volume VI is a collection of papers that discusses photobiological phenomena found on cells of organisms. The papers in this collection deal with specialized areas of photobiology. One paper describes the instruments used in measuri...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Academic Press,
1971.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Photophysiology: Current Topics in Photobiology and Photochemistry; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; CONTENTS OF OTHER VOLUMES; Chapter 1. CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCEAND PHOTOSYNTHESIS: FLUORESCENCE TRANSIENTS; 1. Introduction; 2. Techniques; 3. Fast Fluorescence Yield Changes and ElectronTransport; 4. Slow Fluorescence Yield Changes: The SMT Phase; 5. Summary; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. MECHANISM OF LIGHT-INDUCED CAROTENOID SYNTHESIS IN NONPHOTOSYNTHETIC PLANTS; 1. Introduction; 2. Photoinduction of Carotenogenesis
- 3. Photochemical Reaction4. Dark Reactions; 5. Mechanism of Photoinduction; 6. Relationship to Photodynamic Action; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. PHOTOSENSITIZATION BY NATURAL PIGMENTS; 1. Introduction; 2. Photosensitization by Hypericins; 3. Chlorophyll; 4. Porphyrins; 5. The Furocoumarins-Psoralens; 6. Photosensitization of Human Skin by Miscellaneous Phototoxic Substances; 7. Summary and Conclusions; GENERAL REFERENCES; Chapter 4. SOLAR UV IRRADIATION AND THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER PLANTS; 1. Introduction; 2. Plant Reactions to Artificial UV Irradiation
- 3. Terrestrial Solar Ultraviolet Irradiation4. Response of Higher Plants to Filtered Solar Irradiation; 5. Defense Mechanisms of Higher Plants against Solar UV Irradiation; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. PHOTOBIOLOGY OF PLANT VIRUSES; 1. Introduction; 2. Loss of Infectivity of Irradiated Virus: Causes; 3. Inactivation of Free RNA; 4. Inactivation of Whole Viruses; 5. Photoreactivation; 6. Multiplicity Reactivation; 7. Effects of Irradiation on Virus Protein; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. THE ROLES OF GENETIC RECOMBINATION AND DNA POLYMERASE IN THE REPAIR OF DAMAGED DNA; 1. Introduction
- 2. Genetic Recombination3. Recombinational Repair of UV-lnduced Damage; 4. New Recombinational Repair Systems?; 5. Recombinational Repair of X-Ray-Induced Damage; 6. Drugs and Physiological Factors Affecting Recombinational Repai; 7. The Role of DNA Polymerase in Repair; 8. Conclusions; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. THE STUDY OF PHOTOENZYMATIC REPAIR OF UVLESIONS IN DNA BY FLASH PHOTOLYSIS; 1. Introduction; 2. The Use of Light Flashes in the Analysis of Photoenzymatic Repair; 3. Determination of the Number of Photoreactivating Enzyme Molecules; 4. The Complex-Formation Step
- 5. The Photolytic Repair Step6. Inhibition of Photoenzymatic Repair by Caffeine; 7. Discussion and General Outlook; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. PHOTOPERIODISM AND REPRODUCTIVE CYCLESIN BIRDS; 1. Introduction; 2. Photoperiodic Control of Reproduction; 3. Photoperiodism and Migratory Cycles; REFERENCES; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX