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Front matter
5-35
I. / Editorials
5-10
Celebrating the millennium — historical highlights of photosynthesis research, Part 1
11-21
Celebrating the millennium — historical highlights of photosynthesis research, Part 2
23-35
Celebrating the millennium — historical highlights of photosynthesis research, Part 3
39-105
II. / Overviews and Timelines
39-42
History of the word photosynthesis and evolution of its definition
43-50
In one era and out the other
51-62
Time line of discoveries: anoxygenic bacterial photosynthesis
63-105
Discoveries in oxygenic photosynthesis (1727–2003): a perspective
109-144
III. / Tributes
109-112
‘And whose bright presence’ — an appreciation of Robert Hill and his reaction
113-118
The contributions of James Franck to photosynthesis research: a tribute
119-129
Hydrogen metabolism of green algae: discovery and early research — a tribute to Hans Gaffron and his coworkers
131-137
Samuel Ruben’s contributions to research on photosynthesis and bacterial metabolism with radioactive carbon
139-144
Contributions of Henrik Lundegårdh
147-191
IV. / Excitation Energy Transfer
147-154
Photosynthetic exciton theory in the 1960s
155-163
Excitation energy trapping in anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria
165-170
Fluorescence lifetime, yield, energy transfer and spectrum in photosynthesis, 1950–1960
171-176
Visualization of excitation energy transfer processes in plants and algae
177-186
Plastoquinone redox control of chloroplast thylakoid protein phosphorylation and distribution of excitation energy between photosystems: discovery, background, implications
187-191
Excitation transfer between photosynthetic units: the 1964 experiment
195-348
V. / Reaction Centers
195-203
Research on photosynthetic reaction centers from 1932 to 1987
205-212
Chlorophyll chemistry before and after crystals of photosynthetic reaction centers
213-224
Electron donors and acceptors in the initial steps of photosynthesis in purple bacteria: a personal account
225-231
My daily constitutional in Martinsried
233-236
The two-electron gate in photosynthetic bacteria
238-259
Steps on the way to building blocks, topologies, crystals and X-ray structural analysis of Photosystems I and II of water-oxidizing photosynthesis
261-268
The identification of the Photosystem II reaction center: a personal story
269-274
The isolated Photosystem II reaction center: first attempts to directly measure the kinetics of primary charge separation
275-281
Discovery of pheophytin function in the photosynthetic energy conversion as the primary electron acceptor of Photosystem II
283-301
Engine of life and big bang of evolution: a personal perspective
303-310
Role of bicarbonate at the acceptor side of Photosystem II
311-326
Unraveling the Photosystem I reaction center: a history, or the sum of many efforts
327-340
Photosystem I reaction center: past and future
341-348
P430: a retrospective, 1971–2001
351-409
VI. / Oxygen Evolution
351-370
Apparatus and mechanism of photosynthetic oxygen evolution: a personal perspective
371-378
Period-four oscillations of the flash-induced oxygen formation in photosynthesis
379-382
Period four oscillations in chlorophyll a fluorescence
383-389
Chloride and calcium in Photosystem II: from effects to enigma
391-397
The bicarbonate effect, oxygen evolution, and the shadow of Otto Warburg
399-409
Early indications for manganese oxidation state changes during photosynthetic oxygen production: a personal account
413-451
VII. / Light-Harvesting and Pigment-Protein Complexes
413-419
Purple bacterial light-harvesting complexes: from dreams to structures
421-427
The FMO protein
429-434
Physical separation of chlorophyll-protein complexes
435-442
How the chlorophyll-proteins got their names
443-451
Phycobiliproteins and phycobilisomes: the early observations
455-615
VIII. / Electron Transport and ATP Synthesis
455-470
Discovery and characterization of electron transfer proteins in the photosynthetic bacteria
471-478
Membrane-anchored cytochrome c as an electron carrier in photosynthesis and respiration: past, present and future of an unexpected discovery
479-499
The Q-cycle — a personal perspective
501-515
The isolation of a functional cytochrome b6f complex: from lucky encounter to rewarding experiences
517-529
Ironies
in photosynthetic electron transport: a personal perspective
531-542
The unfinished story of cytochrome f
543-549
Early research on the role of plastocyanin in photosynthesis
551-559
Irrungen, Wirrungen? The Mehler reaction in relation to cyclic electron transport in C3 plants
561-569
Photophosphorylation and the chemiosmotic perspective
573-595
Protons, proteins and ATP
597-615
On why thylakoids energize ATP formation using either delocalized or localized proton gradients — a Ca2+ mediated role in thylakoid stress responses
621-705
IX. / Techniques and Applications
621-632
The stopped-flow method and chemical intermediates in enzyme reactions — a personal essay
633-640
The chequered history of the development and use of simultaneous equations for the accurate determination of chlorophylls
a
and
b
641-649
The contribution of photosynthetic pigments to the development of biochemical separation methods: 1900–1980
651-663
On some aspects of photosynthesis revealed by photoacoustic studies: a critical evaluation
665-680
The history of photosynthetic thermoluminescence
681-689
Trails of green alga hydrogen research — from Hans Gaffron to new frontiers
691-699
Engineering the chloroplast encoded proteins of Chlamydomonas
701-705
Pictorial demonstrations of photosynthesis
709-755
X. / Biogenesis and Membrane Architecture
709-716
Membrane biogenesis in anoxygenic photosynthetic prokaryotes
717-728
Chloroplast structure: from chlorophyll granules to supra-molecular architecture of thylakoid membranes
729-736
Changing concepts about the distribution of Photosystems I and II between grana-appressed and stroma-exposed thylakoid membranes
737-744
Chloroplasts in living cells and the string-of-grana concept of chloroplast structure revisited
745-755
From chloroplasts to chaperones: how one thing led to another
761-893
XI. / Reductive and Assimilatory Processes
761-769
‘Every dogma has its day’: a personal look at carbon metabolism in photosynthetic bacteria
771-788
Research on carbon dioxide fixation in photosynthetic microorganisms (1971-present)
789-792
Nitrogen fixation by photosynthetic bacteria
795-813
Following the path of carbon in photosynthesis: a personal story
817-832
Mapping the carbon reduction cycle: a personal retrospective
833-841
Chloroplasts in envelopes: CO2 fixation by fully functional intact chloroplasts
843-850
Along the trail from Fraction I protein to Rubisco (ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase)
851-858
The discovery of Rubisco activase — yet another story of serendipity
859-866
The ferredoxin/thioredoxin system: from discovery to molecular structures and beyond
867-873
How is ferredoxin-NADP reductase involved in the NADP photoreduction of chloroplasts?
875-880
C4 photosynthesis: discovery and resolution
881-893
Crassulacean acid metabolism photosynthesis: ‘working the night shift’
897-995
XII. / Transport, Regulation and Adaptation
897-904
Three decades in transport business: studies of metabolite transport in chloroplasts — a personal perspective
905-909
The present model for chlororespiration
911-921
Affixing the O to Rubisco: discovering the source of photorespiratory glycolate and its regulation
923-930
Linking the xanthophyll cycle with thermal energy dissipation
931-958
Photoinhibition — a historical perspective
959-967
A molecular understanding of complementary chromatic adaptation
969-983
Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria from extreme environments
985-995
Light-induced behavioral responses (‘phototaxis’) in prokaryotes
999-1070
XIII. / Genetics
999-1002
The early history of the genetics of photosynthetic bacteria: a personal account
1003-1016
Photosynthesis genes and their expression in Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1: a tribute to my students and associates
1017-1024
Regulation of photosystem synthesis in Rhodobacter capsulatus
1027-1045
Photosynthesis research: advances through molecular biology — the beginnings, 1975–1980s and on. . .
1047-1055
The three genomes of Chlamydomonas
1057-1063
History of chloroplast genomics
1065-1070
Gene-targeted and site-directed mutagenesis of photosynthesis genes in cyanobacteria
1073-1120
XIV. / Evolution
1073-1086
Thinking about the evolution of photosynthesis
1087-1097
Evolutionary relationships among photosynthetic bacteria
1099-1104
On the natural selection and evolution of the aerobic phototrophic bacteria
1105-1107
Prochlorophyta — a matter of class distinctions
1111-1120
The archaeal concept and the world it lives in: a retrospective
1123-1212
XV. / Laboratories and National Perspectives
1123-1131
The Laboratory of Photosynthesis and its successors at Gif-sur-Yvette, France
1133-1142
Photosynthesis and the Charles F. Kettering Research Laboratory
1143-1157
Chlorophyll isolation, structure and function: major landmarks of the early history of research in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
1159-1165
Studies of chlorophyll biosynthesis in Russia
1167-1180
The beginnings of research on biophysics of photosynthesis and initial contributions made by Russian scientists to its development
1181-1187
Photosynthesis research in Greece: a historical snapshot (1960–2001)
1189-1204
Photosynthesis research in India: transition from yield physiology into molecular biology
1205-1212
Photosynthesis research in the People’s Republic of China
1219-1262
XVI. / Retrospectives
1219-1228
A list of personal perspectives with selected quotations, along with lists of tributes, historical notes, Nobel and Kettering awards related to photosynthesis
1229-1239
Passage of a young Indian physical chemist through the world of photosynthesis research at Urbana, Illinois, in the 1960s: a personal essay
1241-1248
The conference at Airlie House in 1963
1249-1262
A list of photosynthesis conferences and of edited books in photosynthesis
1263-1306
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