Virtual Laboratory of Plant Biochemistry and Photobiology

(VLPBP)

Headquarters of the Rebeiz Foundation for Basic Research, Champaign Illinois

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First International Symposium On Chloroplast Bioengineering was held at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign on May 2 - May 7, 2005.

Books

The Book based on the Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Chloroplast Bioengineering held in Urbana on May 2-7, 2005 has just been published by Springer:

Rebeiz, C. A. Benning, C., Bohnert, H.J., Daniell, H., Hoober J. K., Lichtenthaler, H. K., Portis , A. R., and Tripathy, B. C. eds. (2010) The chloroplast: Basics and Applications. Springer. pp 423

RFFBR LifeTime Achievement Awards

RFFBR Annual Paper Awards

Announcements

Reflections and Comments

The Greening Process

Selected Publications

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The laboratory of Plant Biochemistry and Photobiology (LPBP), ex-LPPBP, which was directed by C. A. Rebeiz, was a research unit of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences(NRES) within the College of Agricultural Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES), University of Illinois, Urbana Campus. Click HERE for selected research highlights of C. A. Rebeiz.
It was founded with a mission of studying the chemistry and biochemistry of the GREENING PROCESS. Since its inception in 1972, LPBP grew into a multidisciplinary research center with several major discoveries to its credit. In 1983, the laboratory won a remodeling for excellence award of about 1 million dollars from the University and State of Illinois. The award was used to remodel new research facilities. In July 1986, LPBP moved into about 5000 square feet of state-of-the art remodeled research space. Then in December 1986, the laboratory received a monetary gift from John P. Trebellas, an Urbana-Champaign philanthropist, to establish the John P. Trebellas Photobiotechnology Research Endowment aimed at enabling LPBP to become a researchcatalyst among various departments within and outside ACES and at "Bettering the Human Condition Through Basic and AgriculturalPhotobiotechnological Research". In April, 1991, LPBP moved into the newly constructed 30 million dollar University of Illinois Edward Robert Madigan Laboratory (ERML) where LPBP functions in close proximity with plant and animal molecular biologists, biophysicists, biochemists and physiologists. In 1996 LPBP received the C. A and C. C. Rebeiz Endowment for Basic Research with matching funds from ACES and NRES.Proceeds from the various endowments were used to support graduate study within LPBP. In November 1998, professor Donald P. Briskin, a well known plant biochemist with interest in medicinal plant chemistry and biochemistry, joined forces with LPBP.
On June 30, 2005, with the retirement of C. A. Rebeiz from the University of Illinois, and the establishment of the Rebeiz Foundation forBasic Research, the Laboratory of Plant Biochemistry and Photobiology has been converted into the Virtual Laboratory of Plant Biochemistry and Photobiology (VLPBP). In Addition to its dedication to the promotion of research dealing with the greening process, the VLPBP website will be expanded to become the voice of the Rebeiz Foundation for Basic Research. The Foundation will be a clearing house for the promotion ofChloroplast Research and Bioengineering Nationally and Internationally. Among other things, the "Rebeiz Foundation for Basic Research will deliver annual prizes for the best research papers in the fields of chloroplast biochemistry and molecular biology , as well as one yearly Life-Time Achievement Award for a qualified chloroplast scientist.

At the present the Governing Board of the Foundation consists of:

Constantin A. Rebeiz, (crebeiz@uiuc.edu), President, Rebeiz Foundation for Basic Research.

Thomas Bach, (Thomas.Bach@bota-ulp.u-strasbg.fr) University of Stasbourg.

Christoph Benning, (benning@msu.edu), Michigan State University.

Donald Bryant, Pennsylvania State University (dab@psu.edu).

Henry Daniell, (daniell@mail.ucf.edu), Central Florida University)

Govindjee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for the light reactions of photosynthesis (gov@life.uiuc.edu)

William Lucas, University of California at Davis (wjlucas@ucdavis.edu).

Harald Paulsen, (paulsen@uni-mainz.de), University of Munich

Archie Portis, (arportis@uiuc.edu), University of Illinois.

Carole Rebeiz, (ccrebeiz@aol.com), Secretary, Rebeiz Foundation for Basic Research.

Tom Sharkey, (tsharkey@msu.edu), Michigan State University at East Lansing.

Baishnab Tripathy, (bctripathy@mail.jnu.ac.in), Nehru University.

RFFBR LifeTime Achievement Awards

1. The first Life Time Achievement Award of the Rebeiz Foundation for Basic Research was awarded to Professor govindjee for his outstanding contributiosn to Photosynthesis Research and his continued and dignified service to the Photosynthesis Community. A Brief account of Govindjee's achievement is given HERE

2. The second lifetime achievement Award of the rebeiz foundation for basic research awarded to Professor Paul Castelfranco. Professor Castelfranco was awarded the RFFBR Lifetime Achievement Prize for his outstandingcontributions to Chlorophyll Biosynthesis Research. A Brief account of Dr. Castelfranco's achievements is given HERE

3. The Third lifetime Achievement Prize of the Rrebeiz Foundation for Basic Research was awarded to Professor Andrew Benson. Professor Andrew Benson was awarded the RFFBR Lifetime Achievement Prize for his many outstanding contributions to Photsynthesis Research and many other biological research achievemnts. The award ceremony took place at the Foundation Headquarters on October 17, 2009. A Brief account of Professor Benson achievements is given HERE

4. The Fourth lifetime Achievement Award of the Rebeiz Foundation for Basic Research was awarded to Professor Diter Von Wettstein. Professor Von wettstein was awarded the RFFBR Lifetime Achievement Prize for his many outstanding contributions to Chloroplast and Chlorophyll Research and many other biological research achievemnts. The award ceremony took place at the Foundation Headquarters on Septemberf 18, 2010. A Brief account of Professor von Wettstein achievements is given HERE

5. The Fifth lifetime Achievement Award (LTAAward) of the Rrebeiz Foundation for Basic Research (LTAAward) was awarded to Professor William Ogren. Professor Ogren was awarded the RFFBR Lifetime Achievement Prize for his many outstanding contributions to Photosynthesis and Photorespiration. The award ceremony took place at the Foundation Headquarters on Septemberf 10, 2011, at 2209 Edgewater Place, Champaign, Illinois. A Brief account of the Award Ceremony is given HERE

RFFBR Annual Paper Awards

1. The First Annual RFFBR 2006 Paper Prize has been awarded to Drs. Britta Forster, Ulrike Mathesius and Barry P. Pogson for their paper on the "Compartive Proteomics of High-Light Stress in the Model Alga Clamydomonas reinhardtii, which was published in: Proteomics 6: 4309-4320 (2006). Click HERE for a brief summary of the paper.
In selecting that paper for the first 2006 RFFBR Paper Award, The Foundation Board of Directors felt that the described work will greatly benefit other chloroplast researchers.

2.The RFFBR Annual Paper Award for 2007 has been awarded to Dr. Donald A. Bryant and his student, Dr. Aline Gomez Maqueo Chew, for their paper on the "Characterization of a Plant-like Protochlorophyllide a Divinyl Reductase in Green Sulfur Bacteria. The paper appeared in J. Biol. Chem. 282-2967-2975 (2007). Click HERE for a brief summary of the paper.
Essentially, "The paper tackles the long standing question of whether there are multiple vinyl reductases or a single vinyl reductase in plants. It provides evidence for the presence of multiple reductases.
In selecting the paper for the second RFFBR Paper Award, The Foundation Board of Directors felt that the described work will greatly benefit other chloroplast researchers, and consolidate our knowledge of the chlorophyll biosynthetic pathway.

3. The RFFBR Annual Paper Award for 2008 has been Awarded to Professor Alison Smith and her Colleagues , Michael Moulin, Alex C. McCormac, and Mattew J. Terry, for their paper entitled "Tetrapyrrole profiling in Arabidopsis seedlings reveals that retrograde plastid nuclear signaling is not due to Mg-protoporphyrin IX accumulation. The paper appeared in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105:15178-15183(2008) and was edited by Diter von Wettstein. Essentially the paper refutes the long standing hypothesis that Mg-protoporphyrin IX accumulation is responsible for retrograde plastid-nuclear signaling. Click HERE for a brief summary of the paper
In selecting this paper for the thirdRFFBR Paper Award, the Board of directors of the Rebeiz Foundation felt that the described work will greatly benefit other chloroplast researchers, and enhance our knowledge of the chlorophyll biosynthetic pathway and its regulation.

4. The Rebeiz Foundation for Basic Research (RFFBR) Annual Paper Award for 2009 has been awarded to Dr. Thomas Pfannschidt and his colleagues: Katharina Brautigam, Lars Dietzel, Tatjana Kleine. Elke Stroher, Dennis Wormuth, Karl-Joseph Dietz, Dorte Radke, Markus Wirtz, Rudiger Hell, Peter Dormann, Adriano Nunes Nesi, Nicolas Schauer, Alisdair R. Fernie, Sandra, N. Oliver, Peter Geigenberger, and Dario Leister for their paper entitled "Dynamic Plastid Redox Signals Integrate Gene Expression and Metabolism to Induce Distinct Metabolic States in Phptpsynthetic Acclimation in Arabidopsis”. The paper appeared in The Plant Cell, 21: 2715-2732(2009).
In selecting this paper for the fourth RFFBR Paper Award, the Board of directors of the Rebeiz Foundation felt that the described work will greatly benefit other chloroplast researchers, and enhance our knowledge of the relationship of photosynthesis to other metabolic processes in the plant cell.

Click HERE for a brief summary of the paper

5. The Fifth Rebeiz Foundation for Basic Research (RFFBR) Paper Award for 2010 has been awarded to Dr. Manajit Hayer-Hartl and her colleagues: Cuimini Liu, Anna L. Young, Amanda Sarling-Windho, Andreas, Bracher, Sandra Saschenbrecher, Bharati Vasudeva Rao, Karnam Vasudeva Rao, Otto BerninghausenThorsten Mielke, F. Ulrich Hartl, and Roland Beckmann, for their paper entitled " Coupled Chaperone action in folding and assembly of hexameric Rubisco”. The paper appeared in Nature, 463: 197-204(2010).
In selecting this paper for the fifth RFFBR Paper Award, the Board of directors of the Rebeiz Foundation felt that the described work will greatly benefit other chloroplast researchers, and enhance our knowledge of the relationship of photosynthesis to pigment protein folding

Click Here for a summary of the paper

Announcements

1. The C. A. and C. C. Rebeiz Prize for Agricultural Research at the American University of Beirut (AUB)

In 2006, C. A. and C. C. Rebeiz have established a private prize in Agricultural Research at the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences of the American University of Beirut. The corresponding author of the best research paper in any field of Agricultural or food science for a given year is recognized by receiving a cash prize of one thousand dollars and a certificate of recognition. Submitted articles for any given year are reviewed and rated by an appropriate committee of known scientists. The Prize is announced in May of the following year.

a. The 2007 C. A. and C. C. Rebeiz Prize for Agricultural research at AUB

The 2007 C. A. and C. C. Rebeiz Prize for Agricultural reaearch at AUB has been awarded to Dr. Elie K Barbour and Colleagues. The paper entitled "Alleviation of Histopathologic Effects of Avian Influenza Virus by a Specific Nutrient Synergy" was authored by Elie K. Barbour, Edward G. Rayya, Houssam Shaib, Rindala G. El Hakim,Aleksandra Niedzwiecki, Afif M. Abdel Nour, Steve Harakah, and Mathhias Rath. It appeared in Intern J. Appl. Res. Vet. Med. 5: 9-6 (2007).

The study was aimed at alleviating the histopathologic effects of avian influenza virus by a specific nutrient synergy present in Epican Forte which is a blend of pure molecules needed by different metabolic pathways in the body. The evaluation committed consisted of Professors Keith Kelley, Elvira de Mejia, and Donald Briskin of the University of Illinois and Professor Emeritus Constantin A. Rebeiz.

b. The 2008 C. A. and C. C. Rebeiz Prize for Agricultural research at AUB

The 2008 C. A. and C. C. Rebeiz Prize for Agricultural reaearch at AUB has been awarded to Dr. Salma Talhouk and her Colleagues. The paper entitled "Molecular Characterization of Lebanese Olive Germplasm" was authored by Rony Chamoun, Riad Baalbaki, Panagiotis Kalaitzis and Slam Talhouk who was also the corresponding author. It appeared in ITree Genetics & Genomes (2009) 5: 109-115.

The study assessed the existing in situ diversity of old Lebanese olive gorves using simple sequence repeat and amplifiied fragment length polymorophism. The evaluation committed consisted of Professors Fred Below, Elvira de Mejia, Wes Domier, and Safi Korban of the University of Illinois (UI) and Constantin A. Rebeiz, UI Professor Emeritus.

A copy of the Award Certificate is displayed below

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c. The 2009 C. A. and C. C. Rebeiz Prize for Agricultural research at AUB

The 2009 C. A. and C. C. Rebeiz Prize for Agricultural reseatch at AUB has been awarded to Drs. M. A. Haidar and W. F. Boss The paper entitled "Blue light induced changes in inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate in Cuscuta campestris seedlings. It appeared in weed research 49: 628-633 (2009).

The study demonstrated a positive correlation between the light induced increase in in ositol 1,4,5-triphosphate and blue light mediation of prehaustoria development, prior to host attachment.

A copy of the Award Certificate is displayed below

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Reflections and Comments

Analysis and comments about Academic issues reflecting the personal opinion of the authors will be posted in this space.

1. Rebeiz, C. A. (11/5/2006). Academic and Business Research Models: Analysis and Comments. Click HERE to view the full length essay

2. Rebeiz, C. A. (1/22/2010). The University Crisis: Let us Roll Back Events and Turn Adversity into Advantage. Click HERE to view the full length essay

Selected Publications

Stephen O. Duke and C A. Rebeiz (1994). Porphyric Pesticides: Chemistry,Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Applications, S.O. Duke and C. A. Rebeiz, eds. ACS Symposium Series 559 pp 317.
Rebeiz, C. A. (1994). Photodynamic Herbicidal Compositions Using Delta-Aminolevulinic Acid. U. S. Patent Ser. No. 5,286,708 pp 38.
Rebeiz, C. A., Juvik, J. A. and Rebeiz C. C. (1994) Porphyric insecticides. U. S. Patent Ser. No 5300526, pp. 18.
Rebeiz, C. A. (1994) Photodynamic Defoliants. U. S. Patent Ser. No 5321001, pp. 23.
Gut, L. J., Lee, K., Juvik, J. A. Rebeiz, C. C. and Rebeiz, C. A. (1994) Porphyric Insecticides 6. Structure Activity Study of Substituted Pyridyls. Pest. Biochem. Physiol. 50: 1-14.
Ioannides, I., Fasoula D. A., Robertson, K. R. and Rebeiz, C. A. An evolutionary study of chlorophyll biosynthetic heterogeneity in green plants.(1994) Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 22:211-220.
Rebeiz, C. A., Parham, R., Fasoula, D. A., and Ioannides, I. M. (1994) Chlorophyll a Biosynthetic Heterogeneity. In: Biosynthesis of tetrapyrrole pigments. Ciba Symposium 180. pp 177-193, John Wiley, New York.
Duke S. O. and Rebeiz, C. A. (1994). Porphyrinogenesis as a tool in pest management. In: Porphyric Pesticides: Chemisry, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutical Applications (S. O. Duke and C. A. Rebeiz, eds.) ACS Symposium Series 559, pp 1-16
Rebeiz C. A., Amindari S., Reddy N. K., Nandihalli U. B. Moubarak M. B., and Velu, J. A. (1994) Delta-aminolevulinic Acid-Based Herbicides . In: Porphyric Pesticides: Chemisry, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutical Applications (S. O. Duke and C. A. Rebeiz, eds.) ACS Symposium Series 559 pp. 48-64.
Reddy K. N. and Rebeiz, C. A. (1994). Modulators of the porphyrin pathway beyond protox. In: Porphyric Pesticides : Chemisry, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutical Applications (S. O. Duke and C. A. Rebeiz, eds.) ACS Symposium Series 559, pp. 161-190.
Gut, L. J., Juvik, J. A. and Rebeiz, C. A. (1994). Porphyric insecticides. In: Porphyric Pesticides: Chemisry, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutical Applications (S. O. Duke and C. A. Rebeiz, eds.) ACS Symposium Series 559. pp. 206-232.
Rebeiz, N., Kelley, K. W. and Rebeiz, C. A. (1994). Porphyrins as chemotherapeutic agents: Biochemistry of protoporphyrin IX accumulation in mammalian cells. In: Porphyric Pesticides: Chemistry, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutical Applications (S. O. Duke and C. A. Rebeiz, eds.) ACS Symposium Series 559. pp. 233-246.
Rebeiz, C. A., Gut, L. J., Lee, K., Juvik, J. A., Rebeiz, C. C., Bouton, C. E. (1995) Photodynamics of porphyric insecticides. Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. 14: 329-366.
Parham R. and Rebeiz, C. A. (1995) Chloroplast Biogenesis 72: A [4-Vinyl]chlorophyllide a Reductase assay using divinyl chlorophyllide a as an exogenous substrate. Anal Biochem. 231: 164-169.
Lee K, and Rebeiz, C. A. (1995) Subcellular localization of protoporphyrin IX and its photodynamic effects on mitochondrial function of the cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni). In: Light Activated Pesticides (J. R. Heitz and K. R. Downum, eds.) ACS Symposium Series 616 , pp 152-163.
Amindari S., Splittstosser, W. E., and Rebeiz C. A. (1995) Photodynamic effects of several metabolic tetrapyrroles on isolated chloroplasts. In: Light Activated Pesticides (J. R. Heitz and K. R. Downum, eds.) ACS Symposium Series 616, pp 217-246.
Kim, Jin-Seog, and Rebeiz, C. A. (1995). An improved analysis for determination of monovinyl and divinyl protoporphyrin IX. J. Photosci. 2: 103-106.
Rebeiz, N., Arkins, S. Rebeiz, C. A., Simon, J., Zachary, J. F., and Kelley, K. W. (1996). Induction of tumor necrosis by delta-aminolevulinic acid and 1,10-phenanthroline. Cancer Res. 56:339-344.
Fasoula, D. A., Smyth, C. and Rebeiz, C. A. (1996) Relationship of the Protochlorophyllide a content to Plant yield. In: Handbook of Photosynthesis, (M. Pessarakli, ed.) pp 671-679, Marcel Dekker, New York.
Rebeiz, N., Arkins, S., Kelley, K. W., and Rebeiz, C. A. (1996). Enhancement of coproporphyrinogen III transport into isolated transfromed leukocyte mitochondria by ATP. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 333:475-481.
Kim, Jin-Seog, and Rebeiz, C. A. (1996) Origin of the chlorophyll a biosynthetic heterogeneity in higher plants. J. Biochem. Mol. Biol. 29: 327-334.
Awad Abd El Mageed, H., El Sahhar, K. F., Robertson, K. R., Parham, R. and Rebeiz, C. A. (1997) Chloroplast Biogenesis 77: Two novel monovinyl and divinyl light-dark greening groups of plants and their relationships to the Chlorophyll a biosynthetic heterogeneity of green plants. Photochem. Photobiol. 66:86-96.
Ioannides I. M., Shedbalkar, V. P., and Rebeiz, C. A. (1997) Quantitative determination of 2-monovinyl protochlorphyll)ide) b by spectrofluorometry. Anal. Biochem. 249:241-244.
Kim, J. S., Kolossov, V. and Rebeiz, C. A. (1997). Chloroplast biogenesis 76. Regulation of 4-vinyl reduction during conversion of divinyl Mg-protoporphyrin IX to monovinyl protochlorophyllide a is controlled by plastid and membrane stromal factors. Photosynthetica 34: 569-58.
Adra, A. N. and Rebeiz, C. A. (1998) Chloroplast Biogenesis 81. Tansient Formation of divinyl chlorophyll a following a 2.5 millisecond light flash treatment of etiolated cucumber cotyledons. Photochem. Photobiol. 68: 852-856 .
Rebeiz, C. A., Ioannides, I. M., Kolossov, V. and Kopetz, K. J. (1999) Chloroplast Biogenesis 80. Proposal of a unified chlorophyll a/b biosynthetic pathway. Photosynthetica. 36:117-128 .
Kolossov, V., Ioannides, I. M., Kulur, S., and Rebeiz, C. A.. (1999) Chloroplast Biogenesis 82. Development of a Cell-Free System Capable of the Net Synthesis of Chlorophyll(ide) b. Photosynthetica. 36: 253-258 .
Rebeiz, N., Arkins, S., Kelley, K. W., Dura, G., and Rebeiz, C. A.. (2001) . Modulator of heme biosynthesis induces apoptosis in leukemia cells. J. Clin. Laser Surgery.. 19: 59-67 .
Kolossov, V. L., and Rebeiz, C. A. (2001). Chloroplast Biogenesis 84: Solubilization and partial purification of membrane-bound [4-vinyl] chlorophyllide a reductase from etiolated barley leaves Anal. Biochem.. 295: 214-219.
Rebeiz, C. A. (2002). Analysis of Intermediates and end products of the chlorophyll biosynthetic pathway. In Heme, Chlorophyll, and Bilins: Methods and Protocols, (A. G. Smith, and M. Witty eds.) Humana press , pp 111-155.
Kolossov, V. Kopetz, K. J., and Rebeiz, C. A. (2003). Chloroplast Biogenesis 87: Evidence of resonance excitation energy transfer between tetrapyrrole intermediates of the chlorophyll biosynthetic pathway and chlorophyll a. Phtochem. Photobiol. 78: 184-196.
Rebeiz, C. A. Kolossov, V. L., Briskin, D., and Gawienowski, M. (2003). Chloroplast Biogenesis: Chlorophyll biosynthetic heterogeneity, multiple biosynthetic routes and biological spin-offs. In, Handbook of Photochemistry and Photobiology. (H. S. Nalwa ed.), American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, Vol 4, pp. 183-248.
Kolossov V. L. and Rebeiz, C. A. (2003) Chloroplast Biogenesis 88: Protochlorophyllide b Occurs in Green but not in Etiolated Plants. J. Biol. Chem. 278: 49675-49678
Kopetz, K. K., Kolossov, V. L., and Rebeiz, C. A. (2004). Chloroplast Biogenesis 89: Development of analytical tools for probing the biosynthetic topography of photosynthetic membranes by determination of resonance excitation energy transfer distances separating metabolic tetrapyrrole donors from chlorophyll a acceptors. Anal. Biochem. 329:207-219
Rebeiz, C. A., Kolossov, V. L. and Kopetz, K. K. (2004). Chloroplast Bioengineering 1. Photosynthetic efficiency, Modulation of the photosynthetic unit size, and the agriculture of the future. In: Agricultural Applications of Green Chemistry (W. M. Nelson, ed.) ACS Symposium Series 887 pp 81-105.
Kolossov V. L. and Rebeiz, C. A. (2005). Chloroplast Biogenesis 91: Detection of d-aminolevulinic acid esterase activity in higher plant and insect tissues. Pest.Biochem. Physiol. 83: 9-20.
Rebeiz, C. A. Kopetz, K. J. and Kolossov, V. L. (2005). Chloroplast Biiogenesis 90. Probing the Relationship between chlorophyll biosynthetic routes and the topography of chloroplast biogenesis by resonance excitation energy transfer determinations. In: handbook pof Photosynthesis (M. Pessarakli, ed.) Marcel Dekker Inc. New York, pp 55-95.
Kolossov V. L., Bohnert H., and Rebeiz, C. A. (2006) Chloroplast biogenesis 92: In situ screening for divinyl chlorophyll(ide) a reductase mutants by spectrofluorometry. Anal. Biochem. 348: 192-197

Just Came Out

2. Rebeiz, C. A. Benning, C., Bohnert, H.J., Daniell, H., Hoober J. K., Lichtenthaler, H. K., Portis , A. R., and Tripathy, B. C. eds. (2010) The chloroplast: Basics and Applications. Springer. pp 423

Rebeiz, C. A. (2010) Investigations of possible relationships betweenthe chlorophyll biosynthetic pathway and the assembly of chlorophyll-protein complexes and photosynthetic efficiency. In: Rebeiz, C. A. Benning, C., Bohnert, H.J., Daniell, H., Hoober J. K., Lichtenthaler, H. K., Portis , A. R., and Tripathy, B. C. eds. (2010) The chloroplast: Basics and Applications. Springer.The Netherlands, p 1-24

Kolossov, V. L., and Rebeiz, C. A. (2010) Evidence for Various 4-vinyl reductase activities in higher plants. In: Rebeiz, C. A. Benning, C., Bohnert, H.J., Daniell, H., Hoober J. K., Lichtenthaler, H. K., Portis , A. R., and Tripathy, B. C. eds. (2010) The chloroplast: Basics and Applications. Springer.The Netherlands, p 25-38.

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