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Light-induced gradual activation of photosystem II in dark-grown Norway spruce seedlings. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2016; 1857:799-809. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2015] [Revised: 02/12/2016] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Bína D, Herbstová M, Gardian Z, Vácha F, Litvín R. Novel structural aspect of the diatom thylakoid membrane: lateral segregation of photosystem I under red-enhanced illumination. Sci Rep 2016; 6:25583. [PMID: 27149693 PMCID: PMC4857733 DOI: 10.1038/srep25583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 04/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Spatial segregation of photosystems in the thylakoid membrane (lateral heterogeneity) observed in plants and in the green algae is usually considered to be absent in photoautotrophs possessing secondary plastids, such as diatoms. Contrary to this assumption, here we show that thylakoid membranes in the chloroplast of a marine diatom, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, contain large areas occupied exclusively by a supercomplex of photosystem I (PSI) and its associated Lhcr antenna. These membrane areas, hundreds of nanometers in size, comprise hundreds of tightly packed PSI-antenna complexes while lacking other components of the photosynthetic electron transport chain. Analyses of the spatial distribution of the PSI-Lhcr complexes have indicated elliptical particles, each 14 × 17 nm in diameter. On larger scales, the red-enhanced illumination exerts a significant effect on the ultrastructure of chloroplasts, creating superstacks of tens of thylakoid membranes.
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- David Bína
- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Biology Centre CAS, Department of Photosynthesis, Branišovská 31, České Budějovice, 37005, Czech Republic.,Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Branišovská 1760, České Budějovice, 37005, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Biology Centre CAS, Department of Photosynthesis, Branišovská 31, České Budějovice, 37005, Czech Republic.,Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Branišovská 1760, České Budějovice, 37005, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Biology Centre CAS, Department of Photosynthesis, Branišovská 31, České Budějovice, 37005, Czech Republic.,Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Branišovská 1760, České Budějovice, 37005, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Biology Centre CAS, Department of Photosynthesis, Branišovská 31, České Budějovice, 37005, Czech Republic.,Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Branišovská 1760, České Budějovice, 37005, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Biology Centre CAS, Department of Photosynthesis, Branišovská 31, České Budějovice, 37005, Czech Republic.,Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Branišovská 1760, České Budějovice, 37005, Czech Republic
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Kouřil R, Nosek L, Bartoš J, Boekema EJ, Ilík P. Evolutionary loss of light-harvesting proteins Lhcb6 and Lhcb3 in major land plant groups--break-up of current dogma. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2016; 210:808-814. [PMID: 27001142 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2016] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Photosynthesis in plants and algae relies on the coordinated function of photosystems (PS) I and II. Their efficiency is augmented by finely-tuned light-harvesting proteins (Lhcs) connected to them. The most recent Lhcs (in evolutionary terms), Lhcb6 and Lhcb3, evolved during the transition of plants from water to land and have so far been considered to be an essential characteristic of land plants. We used single particle electron microscopy and sequence analysis to study architecture and composition of PSII supercomplex from Norway spruce and related species. We have found that there are major land plant families that lack functional lhcb6 and lhcb3 genes, which notably changes the organization of PSII supercomplexes. The Lhcb6 and Lhcb3 proteins have been lost in the gymnosperm genera Picea and Pinus (family Pinaceae) and Gnetum (Gnetales). We also revealed that the absence of these proteins in Norway spruce modifies the PSII supercomplex in such a way that it resembles its counterpart in the alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, an evolutionarily older organism. Our results break a deep-rooted concept of Lhcb6 and Lhcb3 proteins being the essential characteristic of land plants, and beg the question of what the evolutionary benefit of their loss could be.
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- Roman Kouřil
- Department of Biophysics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biophysics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany, Šlechtitelů 31, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Electron Microscopy Group, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747, AG Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biophysics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Peltier G, Aro EM, Shikanai T. NDH-1 and NDH-2 Plastoquinone Reductases in Oxygenic Photosynthesis. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2016; 67:55-80. [PMID: 26735062 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-043014-114752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Oxygenic photosynthesis converts solar energy into chemical energy in the chloroplasts of plants and microalgae as well as in prokaryotic cyanobacteria using a complex machinery composed of two photosystems and both membrane-bound and soluble electron carriers. In addition to the major photosynthetic complexes photosystem II (PSII), cytochrome b6f, and photosystem I (PSI), chloroplasts also contain minor components, including a well-conserved type I NADH dehydrogenase (NDH-1) complex that functions in close relationship with photosynthesis and likewise originated from the endosymbiotic cyanobacterial ancestor. Some plants and many microalgal species have lost plastidial ndh genes and a functional NDH-1 complex during evolution, and studies have suggested that a plastidial type II NADH dehydrogenase (NDH-2) complex substitutes for the electron transport activity of NDH-1. However, although NDH-1 was initially thought to use NAD(P)H as an electron donor, recent research has demonstrated that both chloroplast and cyanobacterial NDH-1s oxidize reduced ferredoxin. We discuss more recent findings related to the biochemical composition and activity of NDH-1 and NDH-2 in relation to the physiology and regulation of photosynthesis, particularly focusing on their roles in cyclic electron flow around PSI, chlororespiration, and acclimation to changing environments.
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- Gilles Peltier
- Institute of Environmental Biology and Biotechnology, CEA, CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, CEA Cadarache, 13018 Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, France;
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland;
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Silveira JAG, Carvalho FEL. Proteomics, photosynthesis and salt resistance in crops: An integrative view. J Proteomics 2016; 143:24-35. [PMID: 26957143 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2016.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2015] [Revised: 02/12/2016] [Accepted: 03/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Salinity is a stressful condition that causes a significant decrease in crop production worldwide. Salt stress affects several photosynthetic reactions, including the modulation of several important proteins. Despite these effects, few molecular-biochemical markers have been identified and evaluated for their importance in improving plant salt resistance. Proteomics is a powerful tool that allows the analysis of multigenic events at the post-translational level that has been widely used to evaluate protein modulation changes in plants exposed to salt stress. However, these studies are frequently fragmented and the results regarding photosynthesis proteins in response to salinity are limited. These constraints could be related to the low number of important photosynthetic proteins differently modulated in response to salinity, as has been commonly revealed by conventional proteomics. In this review, we present an evaluation and perspective on the integrated application of proteomics for the identification of photosynthesis proteins to improve salt resistance. We propose the use of phospho-, thiol- and redox-proteomics, associated with the utilization of isolated chloroplasts or photosynthetic sub-organellar components. This strategy may allow the characterization of essential proteins, providing a better understanding of photosynthesis regulation. Furthermore, this may contribute to the selection of molecular markers to improve salt resistance in crops.
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- Joaquim A G Silveira
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Laboratory of Plant Metabolism, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza CEP 60451-970, Brazil.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Laboratory of Plant Metabolism, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza CEP 60451-970, Brazil.
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Ruban AV, Johnson MP. Visualizing the dynamic structure of the plant photosynthetic membrane. NATURE PLANTS 2015; 1:15161. [PMID: 27251532 DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2015.161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Accepted: 09/29/2015] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The chloroplast thylakoid membrane is the site for the initial steps of photosynthesis that convert solar energy into chemical energy, ultimately powering almost all life on earth. The heterogeneous distribution of protein complexes within the membrane gives rise to an intricate three-dimensional structure that is nonetheless extremely dynamic on a timescale of seconds to minutes. These dynamics form the basis for the regulation of photosynthesis, and therefore the adaptability of plants to different environments. High-resolution microscopy has in recent years begun to provide new insights into the structural dynamics underlying a number of regulatory processes such as membrane stacking, photosystem II repair, photoprotective energy dissipation, state transitions and alternative electron transfer. Here we provide an overview of the essentials of thylakoid membrane structure in plants, and consider how recent advances, using a range of microscopies, have substantially increased our knowledge of the thylakoid dynamic structure. We discuss both the successes and limitations of the currently available techniques and highlight newly emerging microscopic methods that promise to move the field beyond the current 'static' view of membrane organization based on frozen snapshots to a 'live' view of functional membranes imaged under native aqueous conditions at ambient temperature and responding dynamically to external stimuli.
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- Alexander V Ruban
- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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Suorsa M. Cyclic electron flow provides acclimatory plasticity for the photosynthetic machinery under various environmental conditions and developmental stages. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:800. [PMID: 26442093 PMCID: PMC4585005 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Photosynthetic electron flow operates in two modes, linear and cyclic. In cyclic electron flow (CEF), electrons are recycled around photosystem I. As a result, a transthylakoid proton gradient (ΔpH) is generated, leading to the production of ATP without concomitant production of NADPH, thus increasing the ATP/NADPH ratio within the chloroplast. At least two routes for CEF exist: a PROTON GRADIENT REGULATION5-PGRL1-and a chloroplast NDH-like complex mediated pathway. This review focuses on recent findings concerning the characteristics of both CEF routes in higher plants, with special emphasis paid on the crucial role of CEF in under challenging environmental conditions and developmental stages.
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- Marjaana Suorsa
- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of TurkuTurku, Finland
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Fan X, Zhang J, Li W, Peng L. The NdhV subunit is required to stabilize the chloroplast NADH dehydrogenase-like complex in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 82:221-31. [PMID: 25728844 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2015] [Revised: 02/11/2015] [Accepted: 02/16/2015] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The chloroplast NADH dehydrogenase-like (NDH) complex is involved in cyclic electron transport around photosystem I (PSI) and chlororespiration. Although the NDH complex was discovered more than 20 years ago, its low abundance and fragile nature render it recalcitrant to analysis, and it is thought that some of its subunits remain to be identified. Here, we identified the NDH subunit NdhV that readily disassociates from the NDH complex in the presence of detergent, salt and alkaline solutions. The Arabidopsis ndhv mutant is partially defective in the accumulation of NDH subcomplex A (SubA) and SubE, resulting in impaired NDH activity. NdhV was mainly detected in the wild-type thylakoid membrane, and its accumulation in thylakoids strictly depended on the presence of the NDH complex. Quantitative immunoblot analysis revealed that NdhV and NdhN occur at close to equimolar concentrations. Furthermore, several NDH subunits were co-immunopurified with NdhV using a combination of chemical crosslinking and an affinity chromatography assay. These data indicate that NdhV is an intrinsic subunit of NDH. We found that NdhV did not directly affect NDH activity, but that NDH SubA and SubE were more rapidly degraded in ndhv than in the wild type under high-light treatment. We propose that NdhV is an NDH subunit that stabilizes this complex, especially under high-light conditions.
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- Xiangyuan Fan
- Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Towards structural and functional characterization of photosynthetic and mitochondrial supercomplexes. Micron 2015; 72:39-51. [PMID: 25841081 DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2015.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2014] [Revised: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 03/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Bioenergetic reactions in chloroplasts and mitochondria are catalyzed by large multi-subunit membrane proteins. About two decades ago it became clear that several of these large membrane proteins further associate into supercomplexes and since then a number of new ones have been described. In this review we focus on supercomplexes involved in light harvesting and electron transfer in the primary reactions of oxygenic photosynthesis and on the mitochondrial supercomplexes that catalyze electron transfer and ATP synthesis in oxidative phosphorylation. Functional and structural aspects are overviewed. In addition, several relevant technical aspects are discussed, including membrane solubilization with suitable detergents and methods of purification. Some open questions are addressed, such as the lack of high-resolution structures, the outstanding gaps in the knowledge about supercomplexes involved in cyclic electron transport in photosynthesis and the unusual mitochondrial protein complexes of protists and in particular of ciliates.
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Wulfhorst H, Franken LE, Wessinghage T, Boekema EJ, Nowaczyk MM. The 5 kDa protein NdhP is essential for stable NDH-1L assembly in Thermosynechococcus elongatus. PLoS One 2014; 9:e103584. [PMID: 25119998 PMCID: PMC4131877 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2014] [Accepted: 07/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The cyanobacterial NADPH:plastoquinone oxidoreductase complex (NDH-1), that is related to Complex I of eubacteria and mitochondria, plays a pivotal role in respiration as well as in cyclic electron transfer (CET) around PSI and is involved in a unique carbon concentration mechanism (CCM). Despite many achievements in the past, the complex protein composition and the specific function of many subunits of the different NDH-1 species remain elusive. We have recently discovered in a NDH-1 preparation from Thermosynechococcus elongatus two novel single transmembrane peptides (NdhP, NdhQ) with molecular weights below 5 kDa. Here we show that NdhP is a unique component of the ∼450 kDa NDH-1L complex, that is involved in respiration and CET at high CO2 concentration, and not detectable in the NDH-1MS and NDH-1MS' complexes that play a role in carbon concentration. C-terminal fusion of NdhP with his-tagged superfolder GFP and the subsequent analysis of the purified complex by electron microscopy and single particle averaging revealed its localization in the NDH-1L specific distal unit of the NDH-1 complex, that is formed by the subunits NdhD1 and NdhF1. Moreover, NdhP is essential for NDH-1L formation, as this type of NDH-1 was not detectable in a ΔndhP::Km mutant.
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- Hannes Wulfhorst
- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Electron Microscopy Department, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Electron Microscopy Department, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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In this review, we consider a selection of recent advances in chloroplast biology. These include new findings concerning chloroplast evolution, such as the identification of Chlamydiae as a third partner in primary endosymbiosis, a second instance of primary endosymbiosis represented by the chromatophores found in amoebae of the genus Paulinella, and a new explanation for the longevity of captured chloroplasts (kleptoplasts) in sacoglossan sea slugs. The controversy surrounding the three-dimensional structure of grana, its recent resolution by tomographic analyses, and the role of the CURVATURE THYLAKOID1 (CURT1) proteins in supporting grana formation are also discussed. We also present an updated inventory of photosynthetic proteins and the factors involved in the assembly of thylakoid multiprotein complexes, and evaluate findings that reveal that cyclic electron flow involves NADPH dehydrogenase (NDH)- and PGRL1/PGR5-dependent pathways, both of which receive electrons from ferredoxin. Other topics covered in this review include new protein components of nucleoids, an updated inventory of the chloroplast proteome, new enzymes in chlorophyll biosynthesis and new candidate messengers in retrograde signaling. Finally, we discuss the first successful synthetic biology approaches that resulted in chloroplasts in which electrons from the photosynthetic light reactions are fed to enzymes derived from secondary metabolism.
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- Poul Erik Jensen
- Copenhagen Plant Science Center (CPSC), Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of CopenhagenThorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg CDenmark
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- Copenhagen Plant Science Center (CPSC), Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of CopenhagenThorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg CDenmark
- Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-University MunichGroßhaderner Str. 2, D-82152 Planegg-MartinsriedGermany
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