Abstract
In the past few years, there has been remarkable progress in knowledge of the structures and organization of the protein complexes of photosynthetic membranes. However, static structures do not tell the whole story. Photosynthetic membranes, like other biological membranes, are dynamic systems. Recent technological advances are making it increasingly easy to probe the dynamics of photosynthetic membranes using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching. Here we explain the potential and the limitations of the technique.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Biological Transport / physiology
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Biological Transport / radiation effects
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Chlamydomonas reinhardtii / physiology
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Chlamydomonas reinhardtii / radiation effects
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Cyanobacteria / physiology
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Cyanobacteria / radiation effects
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Fluorescence
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Light
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Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes
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Microscopy, Confocal
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Photosynthesis / physiology*
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Photosynthesis / radiation effects
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Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / chemistry
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Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / metabolism*
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Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / radiation effects
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Phycobilisomes
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Proteins / physiology
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Proteins / radiation effects
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Thylakoids / physiology*
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Thylakoids / radiation effects
Substances
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Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes
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Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins
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Phycobilisomes
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Proteins