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photosystem [ˈfəʊtəʊˌsɪstəm]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany either of two pigment-containing systems, photosystem I or II, in which the light-dependent chemical reactions of photosynthesis occur in the chloroplasts of plants

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No references found			These genes encode directions for making photosystem I, a protein complex that nabs electrons from proteins upstream in the photosynthesis chain. Enter the virosphere: as evidence of the influence of viruses ... by Ehrenberg, Rachel / Science News While screening DNA sequences in water samples collected during Craig Venter's Global Ocean Sampling Expedition, his team discovered seven more photosynthesis genes coding for a complex of proteins collectively named photosystem I. Photosynthetic viruses keep world's oxygen levels up by Asian News International The first chapter, an overview, is followed by chapters on the structure and function of the cyanobacterial photosystem, the atomic structure of plant photosystem, current models and mechanisms of water splitting, and the specifics of each protein complex. Photosynthetic protein complexes; a structural approach by SciTech Book News			photoreconnaissance photorefractive Photorelief photoresistor photorespiration photoretinitis Photoscope Photoscopic Photosculpture photosensitise photosensitive photosensitivity photosensitization photosensitize photoset photosetting photosphere Photospheric Photostat Photostat machine Photostat® photosynthate photosynthesis photosynthesize photosynthetic photosystem phototaxis phototaxy phototelegraphy Phototelescope Phototheodolite phototherapeutics phototherapy photothermic phototonus phototopography phototoxic phototransistor Phototrichromatic phototroph phototrophic bacteria Phototropic phototropic bacteria phototropism phototropy phototube phototype phototypeset phototypesetter phototypesetting Phototypic			photosynthesizing photosynthesizing Photosynthesizing Bacteria photosynthetic photosynthetic photosynthetic Photosynthetic autotroph Photosynthetic autotroph Photosynthetic Bacteria photosynthetic nitrogen-use efficiency photosynthetic phosphorylation photosynthetic phosphorylation photosynthetic phosphorylation Photosynthetic Photon Fluence Rate Photosynthetic Photon Flux Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density Photosynthetic Pigments Photosynthetic Pyridine Nucleotide Reductase Photosynthetic Reaction Center H-Chain Photosynthetic reactions Photosynthetic reactions Photosynthetic reactions photosynthetically photosynthetically photosynthetically Photosynthetically active radiation Photosynthetically Available Radiation Photosynthisis Photosynthisis Photosynthisis photosystem Photosystem 1 Photosystem 1 Photosystem I Photosystem I Photosystem i protein complex Photosystem II Photosystem II Photosystem II Photosystem ii protein complex photosystems Photosytem I Photosythesize Photosythesize Photosythesize phototactic phototactic phototactic phototactically phototactically phototactically phototaxes phototaxes phototaxes phototaxis phototaxis phototaxis phototaxy Phototelegraph Apparatus Phototelegraph Communication Phototelegraph Station

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