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Why is chlorophyll b only used in light-harvesting systems?

Chlorophylls (Chl) are important pigments in plants that are used to absorb photons and release electrons. There are several types of Chls but terrestrial plants only possess two of these: Chls a and b. The two pigments form light-harvesting Chl a/b-binding protein complexes (LHC), which absorb most...

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Autores principales: Kume, Atsushi, Akitsu, Tomoko, Nasahara, Kenlo Nishida
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Japan 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6459968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29992395
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10265-018-1052-7