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Researchers Find Shared Motif in Membrane Transport Proteins Found in Plants, Bacteria

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Arkansas researchers have characterized a membrane receptor protein and its binding mechanism from chloroplasts in plants and determined that it shares a commonly shaped binding ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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A cleaner way to unlock energy: microbes for biofuel

Algae and photosynthetic bacteria hold a hidden treasure – fat molecules known as lipids – which can be converted to renewable biofuels. Such microorganisms offer an attractive alternative to the ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Green energy management: How plants cope with variable light conditions

Plants use energy derived from sunlight to form sugars from carbon dioxide and water by the process of photosynthesis. Recent discoveries made by a research group at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich, Germany, provide ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Researchers visualize complex pigment mixtures in living cells

In a technical advance that could allow researchers to watch cells as they act during the process of photosynthesis, scientists have developed a method that extends the power of fluorescence-mediated bio-imaging to see discrete ...

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created Mar 04, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Key Molecule in Plant Photo-Protection Identified

Another important piece to the photosynthesis puzzle is now in place. Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California at Berkeley have ...

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