The formal lab reports require sufficient references to primary research literature (relevant to the experiment you undertook) to define the context of the work and to provide a balanced discussion of your findings.

Procedure for Submitting Article Citations

1. Each student is required to find ONE article relevant to the current experiment. Photocopy the complete article, including references cited, and be sure the complete citation is written on the top of the first page. Some articles will have this information already printed as a header or footer.

2. Turn this copy in at lecture by the assigned date (see lab schedule). NOTE: If a PDF version of the file is available, you may simply email a copy to Greg in lieu of making a hardcopy.

3. Unless otherwise directed, send to Greg (ganderso) the complete citation of the article via email. The citation format should be as listed in the "How to Write" guide for the type of source and number of authors. Note that all authors' names must be given and in the order shown on the paper.

General citation format: Authors. Pub year. Title. Journal name abbreviated. Vol#(issue#):pp-pp. (NOTE: for Vol and Issue, do not use the words, just the numbers.)

Example: Mugwart, R.B., Claxon, G.K., and D.B. Smithson. 2006. Scatalogical tails: New evidence for a mousetail-specific forager in Bora Bora. J. Improb. Ecol. Evol. 56(3):34-45.

Amylase Lab (Fall 2011)

  • Agbandje-McKenna, M., Chingkuang,T., Fisher, S., Govindasamy,L., McKenna,R. and Rajaniemi, H. 2006. Structure of human salivary a-amylase crystallized in a C-centered monoclinic space group. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 62(2): 88-93.
  • Aghajari, N., Haser, R., Feller, G. and Gerday, C. 1998. Crystal structures of the psychrophilic a-amylase from Alteromonas haloplanctis in its native form and complexed with an inhibitor. Protein Science 7: 564-572.
  • Aghajari, N., Feller, G., Gerday, C., & Haser, R. 2002. Structural basis of alpha-amylase activation by chloride. The Protein Society 11(6) 1435-1441.
  • Aiso, K and Tamura, T. 1998. Trienzyme treatment for food folate analysis: optimal pH and incubation time for alpha-amylase and protease treatment. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol 44(3):361-370.
  • Albentosa, M. and F.J. Moyano. 2008. Differences in the digestive biochemistry between the intertidal clam, Ruditapes decussatus, and the subtidal clam, Venerupis pullastra. Aquaculture International 17(3):273-282.
  • Alessi, J., and Power, J.F. 1971. Corn emergence in relation to soil temperature and seeding depth. Agronomy Journal 63(5):717-719.
  • Allwood MA, Handwerger K, Kivlighan KT, Granger DA, Stroud LR. 2011. Direct and moderating links of salivary alpha-amylase and cortisol stress-reactivity to youth behavior and emotional adjustment. Biological Psychology, 88, 57-64.
  • Alyakrinskaya, I. O. 2001. The dimensions, characteristics and functions of the crystalline style of molluscs. Bio Bulletin 28(5):523–535.
  • Aquadro, C., J. Patton. 1980. Salivary Amylase Variation in Peromyscus: Use in Species Identification.
    J Mammalogy 61(4): 703-707.
  • Balkan, Bilal, and Figen Ertan. 2001. The Production of a New Fungal ?-amylase Degraded the Raw Startch by Means of Solid-State Fermentation. Preparative Biochem. & Biotech. 40(3):213-228.
  • Beers, P. Eric and Stanley H. Duke. 1988. Localization of alpha-amylase in the apoplast of pea (Pisum sativum L.) stems. Plant Physiology 87(4):799-802.
  • Belanger, Faith C., Brodl, Mark R., and Tuan-Hua David Ho. 1986. Heat Shock Causes Destabilization of Specific mRNAs and Destruction of Endoplasmic Reticulum in Barley Aleurone Cells. Proc Nat Acad Sci USA 83(2):1354-1358.
  • Brock, V. V. 1992. Quantitative analysis of crystalline style carbohydrases in five suspension- and deposit-feeding bivalves. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 159(1): 51-58.
  • Buonocore V.,Poerio E., Silano V., and Tomasi M. 1976. Physical and Catalytic Properties of a-Amylase from Tenebrio molitor L.Larvae. Biochemistry Journal 153(3):621-625.
  • Buisson, G., Duée, E., Haser, R. and F. Payan. 1987. Three dimensional structure of porcine pancreatic a-amylase at 2.9 Å resolution. Role of calcium in structure and activity. EMBO Journal 6(13):3909-3916.
  • Bush, D., Cornejo, M., Huang, C. and Jones R. 1986. Ca¬2+-Stimulated Secretion of ?-Amylase During Development in Barley Aleurone Protoplasts. Plant Physiology 82(2):566-574
  • Bush, D., Sticher, L., van Huystee, R., Wagner, D., Jones, R. 1989. The calcium requirement for stability and enzymatic activity of two isoforms of barley aleurone alpha-amylase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 64: 19392-19398.
  • Chan, Yuk Charn, Braun, Paul J., French, Dexter, and John F. Robyt. 1984. Porcine pancreatic a-amylase hydrolysis of hydroxyethylated amylose and specificity of subsite binding. Biochemistry 23(24): 5795-5800.
  • Ching-Yu Tsao, T., Yen-Hsin Hsu, T., Li-Min Chao, T., & Shann-Tzong Jiang, T. 2004. Purification and characterization of three amylases from viscera of hard clam Meretrix lusoria. Fisheries Science 70(1), 174-182.
  • Chuanxin S. P. Sathish, S. A., Deiber, A. and C. Jansson. 1997.Identification of Four Starch-Branching Enzymes in Barley Endosperm: Partial Purification of Forms I, IIa and IIb. New Phytologist Trust 137(2):215-222.
  • Copeland, Robert A. 2000. Effects of Substrate Concentration. in Enzymes: A Practical Introduction to Structrure, Mechanism, and Data Analysis. Second ed. New York: Wiley, VCH, 2000. 111-13.
  • D'Amico, Salvino, Charles Gerday, and Georges Feller. 2003. Temperature Adaptation of Proteins: Engineering Mesophilic-like Activity and Stability in a Cold-adapted Alpha-amylase. J Mol Biol 332.5: 981-88.
  • David, H. 1982. Hydrolysis of human alpha-amylase of p-nitrophenyloligosaccharides containing four to seven glucose units. Clinical Chemistry 28(7):1485-1489.
  • Davis, Bill D. 1979. Influence of Cotyledons upon a-Amylase Activity in Pea Embryonic Axes. Plant Phys 63(6):1010-1015.
  • Doehlert, D. and S. Duke. 1983. Specific Determination of Amylase Activity in Crude Plant Extracts Containing Amylase. American Society of Plant Biologists 71(2): 229-234.
  • Dure, Leon S. 1960. Site of Origin and Extent of Activity of Amylases in Maize Germination. Plant Physiology 35:925-934.
  • Dutta, T., Malabendu J., Priti P., and T. Bhattacharya. 2005. The Effect of Temperature, pH, and Salt on Amylase in Heliodiaptomus viduus (Gurney) (Crustacea: Copepoda: Calanoida). Turk J Zool : 187-195.
  • Eadie, S. E. 1926. The Effect of Substrate Concentration of the Hydrolysis of Starch by the Amylase of Germinated Barley. Biochem J. 20(5): 1016-1023.
  • Enberg, N., H. Alho, V. Loimaranta, and M. Lenander-Lumikari. 2001. Saliva Flow Rate, Amylase Activity, and Protein and Electrolyte Concentrations in Saliva after Acute Alcohol Consumption. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology & Endodontics 92(3): 292-98.
  • Farashah, H., R. Afshari, F. Sharifzadeh, and S. Chavoshinasab. 2011. Germination Improvement and alpha- amylase beta 1,3- glucanase in dormant and non-dormant seeds of Oregon. Australian J Crop Sci 5(4): 421-27.
  • Farrell, A.D. and P.S. Kettlewell. 2008. The Effect of Temperature Shock and Grain Morphology on Alpha-amylase in Developing Wheat Grain. Annals of Botany 102: 287-293.
  • Figueiredo M. S. R. B. , J. A. Kricker and A. J. Anderson. 2001. Digestive Enzyme Activities in the Alimentary Tract of Redclaw Crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus (Decapoda: Parastacidae). J Crustacean Biol 21(2):334-344.
  • Fitter, J. 1999. The Temperature Dependence of Internal Molecular Motions in Hydrated and Dry a-Amylase: The Role of Hydration Water in the Dynamical Transition of Proteins. Biophysical Journal 76.2 (): 1034-042.
  • Gillard, B.K., Markman H.C., Feig S.A. 1977. Direct Spectrophotometric Determination of alpha-Amylase Activity in Saliva, with p-Nitrophenyl alpha-Maltoside as substrate. Clinical Chemistry 23(12): 2279-2282.
  • Glier, J.H., and J.L. Caruso. 1974. The influence of low temperatures on activities of starch degradative enzymes in a cold-requiring plant. Biochem and Biophys Research Comm 58(3): 573-578.
  • Godány, Andrej ;Horváthová, Viera ; Janecek, Štefan and Šturdík, Ernest. 2006. a-Amylase from Thermococcus hydrothermalis: Re-cloning aimed at the improved expression and hydrolysis of corn starch. Enzyme & Microbial Technology 39(6): 1300- 1305.
  • Hanes, C.B. 1932. The effect of starch concentration upon the velocity of hydrolysis by amylase of germinated barley. Biochem J. 26(5): 1406-1421.
  • Hara, Kenji, Ishihara, Tadashi, and Masato Yasuda. 1979. Studies of amylase from crystalline style of short-necked clam - I. Bull Jap Soc Sci Fisheries 45(8): 1005-1012
  • Hassan, S. A., Ali, S. A., Abbasi, A., and Kamal, M. 2011. Purification and biochemical characterization of a Ca2+ -independent, thermostable and acidophilic alpha-amylase from Bacillus sp. RM16. African J Biotech 10(32):6082-6089.
  • Huang, Ning, Stebbins, Ledyard G., and Raymond L. Rodriguez. 1992. Classification and evolution of alpha-amylase genes in plants. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (89): 7526-7530.
  • Ishikawa, K., Matsui, I., Honda, K. 1995. Optimum pH control mechanism for porcine pancreatic a-Amylase. Japan Soc Biosci Biotech Agrochem. 6:1175-1176.
  • Jacober, L. F., Rice, C. and A.G. Rand Jr. 1980. Characterization of the Carbohydrate Degrading Enzymes in the Surf Clam Crystalline Style. J Food Sci 45 (2): 381-385.
  • Jaiswal N., Prakash O., Talat M., Hasan S., and Pandey R. 2011. Application of Response Surface Methodology for the Determination of Optimum Reaction Conditions (Temperature and pH) for Starch Hydrolysis by a-Amylase. Asian J Biochemistry 6(4): 357-365.
  • Janecek, Stefan. 1994. Sequences similarities and evolutionary relationships of microbial, plant and animal a-amylases. Eur J Biochem 224:519-524.
  • Janecek, Štefan. 1997. a-Amylase Family: Molecular Biology And Evolution. Prog. Biophys. Molec. Biol., 67(1):67-97.
  • Janecek, ., Svensson, B., and MacGregor, E. 2003. Relation between domain evolution, specificity, and taxonomy of the alpha-amylase family members containing a C-terminal starch-binding domain. Eur J Biochem 270(4), 635-645.
  • Kondo, A. and Urabe, T. 1995. Temperature Dependence of Activity and Conformational Changes in a-Amylases with Different Thermostability upon Adsorption on Ultrafine Silica Particles. J Colloid Interface Science. 174(1):191-198.
  • Konsula, Z. and M. Liakopoulou-Kyriakides. 2003. Hydrolysis of starches by the action of an a-amylase from Bacillus subtilis. Process Biochemistry 39(11): 1745-1749.
  • Kumari, A., Rosenkranz, T., Kayastha, A. M., and J. Fitter. 2010. The effect of calcium binding on the unfolding barrier: A kinetic study on homologous alpha-amylases. Biophysical Chemistry 151(1-2):54-60.
  • Kuriki, T. and T. Imanaka. 1999. The concept of the a-amylase family: Structural similarity and common catalytic mechanism. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 78(5):557-565.
  • Levitzki, Alexander and Michael L. Steer. 1973. The Allosteric Activation of Mammalian a-Amylase by Chloride. Euro J Biochem 41: 171-180.
  • Liu,Y., Shen,W. ,Shi, G., and Wang, Zheng-xiang, W. 2009. Role of the Calcium-Binding Residues Asp231, Asp233, and Asp438 in Alpha-Amylase of Bacillius amyloliquefaciens. Current Microbiology 60: 162-166.
  • Lorentz, K. 1982. Properties of human alpha-amylases from urine, pancreas, and saliva. Enzyme 28(4):233-41.
  • Lopes, K.V.G., L.B. Silva, A.P. Reis, M.G.A. Oliveria, R.N.C. Guedes. 2010. Modified a-amylase activity among insecticide-resistant and -susceptible strains of the maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais. J Insect Physiol 56(9):1050-1057.
  • Maurus, Robert, Begum, Anjuman, Williams, Leslie K., Fredriksen, Jason R., Zhang, Ran, Withers, Stephen G., and Gary D. Brayer. 2008 Alternative catalytic anions differentially modulate human a-amylase activity and specificity. Biochemistry 47(11):3332-3344.
  • McBurney, L. J and Smith, M. D. 1965. Effect of Esterified Phosphorus in Potato starch on the action pattern of salivary alpha-amylase. Cereal Chem 42: 161-167
  • MacGregor, E.A., Jane, S., & Svensson, B. (2001). Relationship of sequence and structure to specificity in the alpha-amylase family of enzymes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA), 1546(1), 1-20.
  • MacGregora, E., Macrib, L., and A. MacGregorb. 1998. Influence of pH on the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl maltodextrins by alpha-amylase 2 from malted barley. Carbohydrate Research 313:(2)139-143.
  • Mermall, Hunter L, Matt O. Hanhila Jr, and William Reeves. 1973. Effects of Cations on the Activation of Salivary Amylase: I. Na+, K+, Ca2+, and Mg2+. J Dental Res 52(5):1148
  • Mohamed, S.A. and Azhar, E.I., Ba-Akdah,M.M., Tashkandy, N.R., Kumosani, T.A. 2011. Production, purification and characterization of a-amylase from Trichoderma harzianum grown on mandarin peel.
    African J Microbiol Res 5(9):1018-1028.
  • Mohamed, S. A., Drees, E. A., El-Badry, M. O., & Fahmy, A. S. (2010). Biochemical properties of alpha-amylase from peel of Citrus sinensis cv. abosora. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 160(7): 2054-2065.
  • Nagai, T., Inoue, R., Suzuki, N., & Nagashima, T. 2009. Alpha-Amylase from Persimmon Honey: Purification and Characterization. Int J Food Properties, 12(3):512-521.
  • Nater, U.M., La Marca, R., Florin, L., Moses, A., Langhans, W., Koller, M.M., Ehlert, U. 2005. Stress-induced changes in human salivary alpha-amylase activity?associations with adrenergic activity. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 31(1):49-58.
  • Nielsen, J., Borchert, T., and G. Vriend. 2001. The determinants of alpha-amylase pH activity profiles. Protein Eng. 14(7): 505-512.
  • Nikapitiya, C., Oh, C., Whang, I., Kim, C., Lee, Y., Kim, S. and Lee, J. 2009. Molecular characterization, gene expression analysis and biochemical properties of a-amylase from the disk abalone, Haliotis discus discus. Comp Biochem Physiol, Part B 152:271-281.
  • Ohdan, K., Kuriki, T., Kaneko, H., Shimada, J., Takada, T., Fujimoto, Z., Mizuno, H., Okada, S. 1999. Characteristics of Two Forms of ?-Amylases and Structural Implication. Appl Environ Microbiology 65(10):4652-4658.
  • O'Donnell, K., M. Kammerer, R. O'Reilly, A. Taylor, and V. Glover. 2009. Salivary A-Amylase Stability, Diurnal Profile and Lack of Response to the Cold Hand Test in Young Women. Stress 12(6): 549-554.
  • Ono T., J. Taniguchi, H. Mitsumaki, F. Takahata, A. Shibuya, Y. Kasahara, and F. Koshimizu. 1988. A new enzymatic assay of chloride in serum. Clin Chem 34(3):552-3.
  • Pazur, H. and T. Budovich. 1955. Hydrolysis of Amylotriose by Crystalline Salivary Amylase. New Series, 121(3150):702-703.
  • Pelligrini, P. B., Murad, A. M., Grossi-de-Sa, M. F., Mellow, L. V., Romeiro, L. A., Noronha, E. F., Franco, O. L. 2006. Structure and Enzyme Properties of Zabrotes subfasciatus a-Amylase. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 61: 77-86.
  • Perry, S.V. an T.C. Grey. 1956. Study of the effects of substrate concentration and certain relaxing factors on the magnesium-activated myofibrillar adenosine triphosphatase. Biochemical Journal. 64(1):184-192
  • Priyadharshini, R., S. Manoharan, D. Hemalatha, and P. Gunasekaran. 2010. Repeated Random Mutagenesis of a-amylase from Bacillus licheniformis for Improved PH Performance. J Microbiol Biotech 20(12): 1696-1701.
  • Pytelková, J., Hubert, J., Lepsík, M., Sobotník, J., Sindelka, R., Krízková, I., Horn, M. and M. Mares. 2009. Digestive a-amylases of the flour moth Ephestia kuuehniella: adaptation to alkaline environment and plant inhibitors. FEBS. 276: 3531-3546.
  • Prakash, O. and N. Jaiswal. 2010. Alpha-Amylase: An ideal representative of thermostable enzymes Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 160 (8):2401-2414.
  • Qian, M., Ajandouz el, H., Payan, F., and V. Nahoum. 2005. Molecular basis of the effects of chloride ion on the acid-base catalyst in the mechanism of pancreatic alpha-amylase. Biochemistry, 44(9):3194-3201.
  • Ramasubbu, N., Ragunath, C., Sundar, K., Mishra, P., Gyémánt, G., and L. Kandra. 2005. Structure-function Relationships in Human Salivary a-amylase: Role of Aromatic Residues. Biologia 60(16): 47-56.
  • Rand Jr., A. J., Rice, C. and L.F. Jacober. 1980. Characterization of the Carbohydrate Degrading Enzymes in the Surf Clam Crystalline Style. J Food Science 45: 381-85.
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  • Sheridan, M. and R. H. Tamarin. 1985. Genetic Variation of Salivary Amylase in Meadow Voles. J Mammalogy 66(4):821-823.
  • Sanwo, Monica, M. and Darleen A. DeMason. 1992. Characteristics of alpha-Amylase during Germination of Two High-Sugar Sweet Corn Cultivars of Zea mays L. Plant Physiology 99(3): 1184-1192.
  • Schneyer, Leon. 1951. The Effects of Temperature Changes on Salivary Amylase Activity. J Dental Res. 30: 130-138.
  • Siddiqui, K., Poljak, A., Guilhaus, M., Feller, G., D'Amico, S., Gerday, C., and Cavicchioli, R. 2005. Role of disulfide bridges in the activity and stability of a cold-active a-Amylase. J Bacteriology 187 (17): 6206-6212.
  • Sommerville, M.D. 2003. The effects of non-starch polysaccharides on the extent of gelatinisation, swelling and a-amylase hydrolysis of maize and wheat starches. Food Hydrocolloids 17(1):41-54.
  • Strahler, J., C. Kirshbaum, and N. Rohleder. 2011. Association of Blood Pressure and Antihypertensive Drugs with Diurnal Alpha-amylase Activity. Int J Psychophysiology 81(1): 31-37.
  • Tanaka, Y. and T. Akazawa. 1970. a-Amylase Isozymes in Gibberellic Acid-Treated Barley Half Seeds. Plant Physiology 46(4):586-591.
  • Tanaka, A. , Hoshino, E. 2002. Calcium-binding parameter of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens alpha-amylase determined by inactivation kinetics. Biochem J. 364: 635-639.
  • Tawil, G., Viksø-Nielsen, A., Rolland-Sabaté, A., Colonna, P., & Buléon, A. 2011. In-depth study of a new highly efficient raw starch hydrolyzing alpha-amylase from Rhizomucor sp. Biomacromolecules 12(1): 34-42.
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  • Wilson, A. M. 1971. Amylase Synthesis and Stability in Crested Wheatgrass Seeds at Low Water Potentials. Plant Physiology 48: 541-546.
  • Wong, W.H., Cheung, S.G. 2001. Feeding rates and scope for growth of green mussels, Perna viridis (L.) and their relationship with food availability in Kat O, Hong Kong. Aquaculture 193: 123-137.
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  • Zhang, R. McCarter, J.D., Braun, C., Yeung, W., Brayer, G.D., Withers, S.G. 2008. Synthesis and testing of 2-deoxy-2,2-dihaloglycosides as mechanism-based inhibitors of alpha-glycosidases. J Org Chem 73(8):3070-7.
  • Zóltowska, K. 2001. Purification and characterization of alpha-amylases from the intestine and muscle of Ascaris suum (Nemotoda). Acta Biochimica Polinica 48(3):763-774.

Photosynthesis Lab (Fall 2011)

  • Alboresi, A., Ballottari, M., Hienerwadel, R., Giacometti, G.M., Morosinotto, T. 2009. Antenna complexes protect Photosystem I from Photoinhibition. BMC Plant Biol. 9:71.
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  • Ben-Amotz, Ami and Avron, Mordhay. 1972. Is Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate an Obligatory Intermediate in Photosynthesis? Plant Physiology 49(2):244-248.
  • Boardman, N.K. 1977. Comparative Photosynthesis of Sun and Shade Plants. Ann. Rev. Plant Physiol. 28:355-372.
  • Bohning, R. H., and Christel A. B. 1956. The effect of light intensity on rate of apparent photosynthesis in leaves of sun and shade plants. Am J Botany 43(8):557-561.
  • Brökman, Olle and Paul Holmghen. 1963. Adaptability of the Photosynthetic Apparatus to Light Intensity in Ecotypes from Exposed and Shaded Habitats. Physiologia Plantarum, 16(4): 889-912.
  • Cui, M., Vogelmann, T. C., Smith, W. K. 1991. Clorophyll and light gradientin sun and shade leaves of Spinacia oleracea. Plant, Cell and Environment 14:493-500.
  • Dietz, K., and U. Heber. 1984. Rate-limiting factors in leaf photosynthesis: Carbon fluxes in the Calvin cycle. J BBA-Bioenergetics 767(3):432-443.
  • Eilers, P.H.C. and Peeters, J.C.H. 1988. A model for the relationship between light intensity and the rate of photosynthesis in phytoplankton. Ecol Modelling 42(3-4):199-21.
  • Fan, D., Jia H., Barber, J., Chow, W. 2009. Novel effects of methyl viologen on photosystem II function in spinach leaves. Eur Biophys J 39(10):191-199.
  • Faxen, K., Gilderson, G., Adelroth, P., and P. Brzezinski. 2005. A mechanistic principle for proton pumping by cytochrome c oxidase. Nature 437: 286-289.
  • Kohzuma, K., Cruz, J. A., Akashi, K., Hoshiyasu, S., Munekage, Y., Yokota, A., and Kramer, D.M. 2009. The long-term responses of the photosynthetic proton circuit to drought. Plant, Cell & Environment 32(3): 233-242.
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  • Kramer, D.M.,Avenson, T.J.,and Edwards, G.E. 2004. Dynamic flexibility in the light reactions of photosynthesis governed by both electron and proton transfer reactions. Trends Plant Sci 9(7):349-357.
  • Kyle, D.J., Ohad, I., and C.J. Arntzen. 1984. Membrane protein damage and repair: Selective loss of a quinone - protein function in chloroplast membranes. Proc. Natl. Aca. Sci USA 81: 4070-4074.
  • Latouche, G., Cerovic, Z.M., Montagnini, F., Moya, I. 2000. Light-induced changes of NADPH fluorescence in isolated chloroplasts: a spectral and fluorescence lifetime study. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1460(2-3):311-329.
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  • Mielke, M and Schaffer B. 2010. Leaf gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence and pigment indexes of Eugenia uniflora L. in response to changes in light intensity and soil flooding. Tree Physiology. 30(1):45-55.
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  • Müller, P., Li, X., and K. K. Niyogi. XXXX? Non-Photochemical Quenching: A Response to Excess LIght Energy. Plant Physiology. 125(4):1558-1566. [AWESOME ARTICLE ALERT]
  • Neufeld, H. 1983. Effects of light on growth, morphology, and photosynthesis in baldcypress(Taxodium distichum L. Rich.) and pondcypress (T. ascendens Brongn.) seedlings. Bull Torrey Bot Club 110(1):43-54.
  • Oesterhelt, D. 1985. Light-driven proton pumping in halobacteria. BioScience 35(1):18-21.
  • Pádua M, Cavaco AM, Aubert S, Bligny R, Casimiro A. 2009. Effects of copper on the photosynthesis of intact chloroplasts: interaction with manganese. Physiologia Plantarum 138(3):301-311.
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  • Pritchard, G.G., Griffin, Wendy J., and Whittingham, C.P. 1962. The Effect of Carbon Dioxide Concentratioin, light Intensity and Isonicotinyl Hydrazide on the Photosynthetic Production of Glycollic Acid by Chlorella
    J. Exp. Bot.     13(2): 176-184
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