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PHOTOSYSTEM II [1 record]

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Record 1 1990-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
DEF

one of two reaction sequences of the light phase of photosynthesis in green plants which involves a pigment system excited by wavelengths shorter than 685 nanometers and which is directly involved in the splitting or photolysis of water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
CONT

(le photosystème II contient) un assemblage de plusieurs molécules de chlorophylle et de caroténoïdes et un centre de réaction où la conversion primordiale de la lumière en énergie chimique prend place [...] Le photosystème II (PSII) intervient dans la libération de (O indice 2) de l'eau.

Spanish

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