Nonequilibrium physics in biology

X Fang, K Kruse, T Lu, J Wang - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2019 - APS
Life is characterized by a myriad of complex dynamic processes allowing organisms to grow,
reproduce, and evolve. Physical approaches for describing systems out of thermodynamic …

Innovative alternative technologies to extract carotenoids from microalgae and seaweeds

MM Poojary, FJ Barba, B Aliakbarian, F Donsì… - Marine drugs, 2016 - mdpi.com
Marine microalgae and seaweeds (microalgae) represent a sustainable source of various
bioactive natural carotenoids, including β-carotene, lutein, astaxanthin, zeaxanthin …

Photosynthesis under drought and salt stress: regulation mechanisms from whole plant to cell

MM Chaves, J Flexas, C Pinheiro - Annals of botany, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background Plants are often subjected to periods of soil and atmospheric water deficits
during their life cycle as well as, in many areas of the globe, to high soil salinity …

Crystal structure of photosystem II from Synechococcus elongatus at 3.8 Å resolution

A Zouni, HT Witt, J Kern, P Fromme, N Krauss… - Nature, 2001 - nature.com
Oxygenic photosynthesis is the principal energy converter on earth. It is driven by
photosystems I and II, two large protein–cofactor complexes located in the thylakoid …

Multidimensional femtosecond correlation spectroscopies of electronic and vibrational excitations

S Mukamel - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2000 - annualreviews.org
Femtosecond visible and infrared analogues of multiple-pulse nuclear magnetic resonance
techniques provide novel snapshot probes into the structure and electronic and vibrational …

Landscape and flux theory of non-equilibrium dynamical systems with application to biology

J Wang - Advances in Physics, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
We present a review of the recently developed landscape and flux theory for non-equilibrium
dynamical systems. We point out that the global natures of the associated dynamics for non …

Structure and Function of Cytochrome bc Complexes

EA Berry, M Guergova-Kuras, L Huang… - Annual review of …, 2000 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The cytochrome bc complexes represent a phylogenetically diverse group of
complexes of electron-transferring membrane proteins, most familiarly represented by the …

Structure, dynamics, and energetics of the primary photochemistry of photosystem II of oxygenic photosynthesis

BA Diner, F Rappaport - Annual review of plant biology, 2002 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Recent progress in two-dimensional and three-dimensional electron and X-ray
crystallography of Photosystem II (PSII) core complexes has led to major advances in the …

The Mechanistic Basis of Internal Conductance: A Theoretical Analysis of Mesophyll Cell Photosynthesis and CO2 Diffusion

D Tholen, XG Zhu - Plant physiology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Photosynthesis is limited by the conductance of carbon dioxide (CO2) from intercellular
spaces to the sites of carboxylation. Although the concept of internal conductance (gi) has …

Algae displaying the diadinoxanthin cycle also possess the violaxanthin cycle

M Lohr, C Wilhelm - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 1999 - National Acad Sciences
According to general agreement, all photosynthetic organisms using xanthophyll cycling for
photoprotection contain either the violaxanthin (Vx) cycle or the diadinoxanthin (Ddx) cycle …