Recent Publications
Publications 1994-2007 of Govindjee and co-workers
- Photosynthesis and the Web: 2008. Photosynth. Res. 91:107-131. pdf
- The international society of photosynthesis research (ISPR) and its associated international congress on photosynthesis (ICP) a pictoral report. Photosynth. Res. 91:95-106. pdf
- Flourescence lifetime imaging microscopy of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: non-photochemical quenching mutants and the effect of photosynthetic inhibitors on the slow chlorophyll fluorescence transient. Journal of Microscopy Vol. 226/Pt.2, May 2007, pp. 90-120. pdf
- ,The evolution of photosynthesis
and its environmental impact. In: L.O. Bjorn (ed.) Photobiology: The Science
of Light and Life. pp 243--274, Springer, New York.
pdf
- Oxygen evolution in the photoheterotrophically-grown
Photosystem I deletion mutants of the cyanobacterium synechocystis
sp. PCC 6803. Submitted to Plant Physiology (Revised March 2007).
- Chlorophyll.
The Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 10th Edition, Volume
4, pp. 113-116. McGraw Hill Publishers, New York.
- Photosynthesis.
The Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 10th Edition, Volume
13, pp. 468-475. McGraw Hill Publishers, New York.
pdf
- Carbon
dioxide fixation. The Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 10th
Edition, Volume 13, pp. 475-481. McGraw Hill Publishers, New York.
- Bacterial
photosynthesis. The Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 10th
Edition, Volume 13, pp. 481-486. McGraw Hill Publishers, New York.
- Four young research investigators
were honored at the 2006 Gordon research conference on photosynthesis. Photosynth.
Res., DOI 10.1007/s11120-006-9112-6, in press.
pdf
- Govindjee
and Telfer, A. (2007) Six young research investigators were
honored at an international conference in Russia. Photosynth. Res.
DOI 10.1007/s1120-006-9110-8.
pdf
- Obituary: Paul
R. Gorham (April 16,1918––November 9, 2006). Photosynth.
Res. Online DOI 10.1007/s11120-007-9140-x.
pdf
- Editorial:A tale of naming a photosynthetic
bacterium. Photosynth. Res., 2 pages, in press, DOI: 10.1007/s11120-007-9149-1.
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- Spectral
signatures of photosynthesis. I. Review of earth organisms. Astrobiology,
7 (1): 222-251. pdf
- Spectral
signatures of photosynthesis. II. Coevolution with other stars and the atmostphere
on extra-solarworlds. Astrobiology, 7 (1): 252-274. pdf
- Editorial: International Photosynthesis Congresses
(1968--2007). Photosynth. Res. 89: 1-2.
- Book Review: Thirty Years
of Photosynthesis 1974-2004, by Grahame J. Kelly and Erwin Latzko. Photosynth.
Res. ONLINE: 10.1007/s11120-006-9107-3. pdf
- Govindjee (2006) Announcement: Advances in Photosynthesis
and Respiration, Volume 24 (Photosystem I) and Volume 25 (Chlorophylls and
Bacteriochlorophylls). Photosynth. Res. 90: 91-96. pdf
- Announcement: Advances in Photosynthesisis and Respiration,
Volume 23, Structure and Function of Plastids. Photosynth. Res.
89: 173-177.
- Announcement: Photosystem II: The Light-Driven Water:
Plastoquinone Oxidoreductase, Volume 22, Advances in Photosynthesis and
Respiration. Photosynth. Res. 87: 331-335. pdf
Announcement: Photoprotection, Photoinhibition, Gene Regulation, and Environment, Volume 21, Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration. Photosynth. Res. 89: 53-57. pdf
- Charles Stacy French (1907-1995). Biographical Memoirs (National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC) 88:2-29. pdf
- Editorials: The two Letters to the editors by Steve Vik and Wolfgang Junge. Photosynth. Res. 87: 229-229. pdf
- Announcement: Discoveries in Photosynthesis, Volume 20, Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration. Photosynth. Res. 87: 235-239.
- Editorial: Celebrating 20 years of historical papers in Photosynthesis Research. Photosynth. Res. 87: 151-158. pdf
- Book Review of Photosynthesis: Regulation under Varying Light Regimes. Photosynth. Res. 87: 243-244. pdf
Book Review of Molecular to Global Photosynthesis. Photosynth. Res. 85: 251-253. pdf
- Announcement: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, Volume 19: 'Chlorophyll a Fluorescence: A Signature of Photosynthesis', edited by George C. Papageorgiou and Govindjee. Photosynth. Res. 83: 101-105. pdf
- Announcement: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, Volume 17 and 18: Focus on Plant Respiration.
- X.G. Zhu, Govindjee, N.R. Baker, E. deSturler, D.R. Ort and S.P. Long (2005) Chlorophyll a fluorescence induction kinetics in leaves predicted from a model describing each discrete step of excitation energy and electron transfer associated with Photosystem II. Planta 223: 114-133. pdf
- Celebrating the millenium: historical highlights of photosynthesis research, Part 3. Photosynthesis Research 80: 1-13. pdf
Govindjee (2004) Chlorophyll a Fluorescence: A Bit of Basics and History. In G. Papageorgiou and Govindjee (Eds) Chlorophyll a Fluorescence: A Probe of Photosynthesis. pp. 2-42 Kluwer Academic,
- Govindjee and D.W. Krogmann (2004) Discoveries in oxygenic photosynthesis (1727-2003): A perspecitve. Photosynthesis Research 80: 15-57. pdf
- Govindjee (2004) A list of photosynthesis conferences and of edited books in photosynthesis. Photosynthesis Research 80: 447-460. pdf
- Robert Emerson, and Eugene Rabinowitch:Understanding Photosynthesis. In: Lillian Hoddeson (editor). "No Boundaries:
Schansker, G., A. Srivastava, Govindjee, and R. J. Strasser (2003) Characterization of the 820-nm transmission signal paralleling the chlorophyll a fluorescence rise (OJIP) in pea leaves. Functional Plant Biology 30: 1-10. pdf
Nedbal, L., V. Brezina, F. Adamec, D. Stys, V. Oja, A. Laisk, and Govindjee (2003) Negative feedback regulation is responsible for the non-linear modulation of photosynthetic activity in plants and cyanobacteria exposed to a dynamic light environment. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1607: 5-7. pdf
Govindjee, Beatty J.T. and Gest, H. (2003) Editorial: Celebrating the millinnium--historical highlights of photosynthesis research, Part 2. Photosynthesis Research. 76: 1-11. pdf
Govindjee (2002) A Role for a Light-harvesting Antenna Complex of Photosytem II in Photoprotection (Editorial). Plant Cell 14: 1663-1668. pdf
Non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll a fluorescence: Early history and characterization of two xanthophyll cycle mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Functional Plant Biology 29: 1141-1155. pdf
Govindjee and Gest, H. (2002) Editorial: Celebrating the historical highlights in photosynthesis research. Photosynthesis Research 73: 1-6. pdf
Govindjee and Krogmann, D. (2002) A list of personal perspectives with selected quotations, list of tributes, historical notes, Nobel and Kettering wards, related to photosynthesis. Photosynthesis Research 73: 11-20. pdf
Govindjee, Sestak, Z. and Peters, W.R. (2002) The early history of "Photosynthetica", "Photosynthesis Research", and their publishers. Photosynthetica 40 (1): 1-11. pdf
An Arabidopsis thaliana mutant, altered in the g subunit of the ATP synthase, has a different pattern of intensity dependent changes in non-photochemical quenching and kinetics of the P- to- S fluorescence decay. Functional Plant Biology, 29 (4),. 425-434. pdf
Photosystem II. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. McMillan Reference Ltd,
The polyphosphate bodies of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii possess a proton pumping pyrophosphatase and are similar to acidocalcisomes. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 276 (49), 46196-46203. pdf
Govindjee (2001) Calvin and Hill prizes: 2001. Photosynthesis Research 70: 325-328. pdf
Our greetings to Olle Bjorkman, Christopher Field, and Alexander Glazer. Photosynthesis Research 70: 241-243. pdf
Whitmarsh, J. and Govindjee (2001) "Photosynthesis: Light Reactions and" In: Plant Sciences (edited by Richard Robinson), Macmillan Reference,
Photosynthesis and the Web: 2001. Photosynthesis Research 68: 1-28. pdf
N-bromosccinimide modification of tryptophan 241 at the C-terminus of the manganese stabilizing protein of plant photosystem II influences its structure and function. Physiologia Plantarum, 111: 108-115. pdf
Strasser, R.J., Schansker, G. and Govindjee (2001) Simultaneous measurement of photosystem I and photosystem II probed by modulated transmission at 820 nm and by chlorophyll a fluorescence in the subms to second time range. PS2001 Proceedings, 12th International congress on Photosynthesis, Brisbane, CSIRO Publishing, ISBN 0643 06711 6, www.publish.csiro/au/ps2001; S14-003. pdf
Lighting the path: a tribute to Robert Emerson (1903- 1959). PS2001 Proceedings, 12th International congress on Photosynthesis, Brisbane, CSIRO Publishing, ISBN 0643 06711 6, www.publish.csiro/au/ps2001; S43-001. pdf
- Fluorescence life-time imaging (FLI)- a new technique in photosynthesis research. Photosynthetica, 38 (4): 583-601. pdf
- Seeing is believing. Photosynthetica, 38 (4): 481-482. pdf
- Global spectral-kinetic analysis of room temperature Chlorophyll a fluorescence from light harvesting antenna mutants of barley. Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society of
- Trichloroacetate affects the EPR signal IIslow and signal I in the thylakoid of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Chinese Science Bulletin 45 (23): 2162-2168. pdf
- Milestones in Photosynthesis Research. In:Probing Photosynthesis. Edited by M.Younis,U.Pathre and P.Mohanty. Taylor &
- Greening of intermittent light-grown bean plants in continuous light: Thylakoid components in relation to photosynthetic performance and capacity for photoprotection. Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 37 (6): 395-404. [Special Issue on "Photosynthesis", organized by Prasanna Mohanty and Parag Chitnis]
- Greening of peas: parallel measurements of 77K emission spectra, OJIP chlorophyll a fluorescence transient, period four oscillation of the initial fluorescence level, delayed light emission, and P700. Photosynthetica 37 (3):365-392. pdf
- Carotenoids in photosynthesis: An historical perspective. In: The PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF CAROTENOIDS. Edited by H.A. Frank, A.J. Young, G. Britton and R.J. Cogdell. Kluwer Academic Publishers,
- Role of bicarbonate in the photosystem II, the water-plastoquinone oxido-reductase of plant photosynthesis. Physiologia Plant. 105: 585-592. pdf
- On the requirement of minimum number of four versus eight quanta of light for the evolution of one molecule of oxygen in photosynthesis: A historical note. Photosynth. Res. 59: 249-254. pdf
- Light- induced and osmotically-induced changes in chlorophyll a fluorescence in two Synechocystic sp. PCC 6803 strains that differ in membrane lipid unsaturation. Photosynth. Res. 59: 125-136. pdf
- Introduction to Photobiology, photosynthesid and photomorphogenesis. CONCEPTS IN PHOTOBIOLOGY AND PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS. Pages 1-7.Narosa Publishers/ Kluwer Academic Publishers.
- The Photosynthetic Process. In: Concepts in Photobiology: Photosynthesis and Photomorphogenesis. Edited by G.S. Singhal, G. Renger, K-D. Irrgang, S. Sopory and Govindjee. Narosa Publishers/Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 11-51.
- How higher plants respond to excess light: Energy dissipation in Photosystem II. In: Concepts in Photobiology: Photosynthesis and Photomorphogenesis. Edited by G.S. Singhal, G. Renger, K-D. Irrgang, S. Sopory and Govindjee. Narosa Publishers/Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 513-548.
- Anion-induced state changes in spinach thylakoid membranes. FEBS Lett. 434: 193-196. pdf
- Quantitative analysis of the effects of intrathylakoid pH and the xanthophyll cycle pigments on chlorophyll a fluorescence lifetime distributions and intensity in thylakoids. Biochemistry 37: 13582-13593. pdf
- Book Review: of "Wild A and Ball R (1997) Photosynthetic unit and photosystems- history of research and current views, Backhuys", Annals of Botany 81 (6) 793-794. pdf
- Loss of inhibition by formate in newly constructed Photosystem II D1 mutants, D1-R257E and D1-R257M, of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1365: 473-491. pdf
- Chlorophyll a fluorescence induction in higher plants: modelling and numerical simulation. J. Theor. Biol. 193: 131-151. pdf
- A knowledge-based three dimensional model of the Photosystem II reaction center of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Photosynth. Res. 56: 229-254. pdf
- Thermoluminescence B and Q bands are at the same temperature in an autotrophic and a heterotrophic D1 protein mutant of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. In: Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects. (Ed. G. Garab). Kluwer Academic Publishers,
- On differences in accessibility and redox activity of D1-Y161 and D2-Y160 of PSII as probed by halogenated acetates. In: Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects. (Ed. G. Garab). Kluwer Academic Publishers,
- Inorganic anions induce state changes in spinach thylakoid membranes. In: Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects. (Ed. G. Garab). Kluwer Academic Publishers,
- The "oxygen clock" in greening pea leaves as probed by the period four oscillations in the fluorescence intensity at 50 micro-seconds and 2 milli-seconds after pre-flashing during the OJIP transient. In: Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects. (Ed. G. Garab). Kluwer Academic Publishers,
- Chlorophyll a fluorescence measurements of an Arabidopsis mutant, altered in the gamma-subunit of the ATP synthase, display changes in non-photochemical quenching. In: Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects. (Ed. G. Garab). Kluwer Academic Publishers,
- Quantitative analysis of intrathylakoid pH and xanthophyll cycle effects on PSII fluorescence lifetime distributions and intensity. In: Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects. (Ed. G. Garab). Kluwer Academic Publishers,
- Temperature and lipid unsaturation effects on plasma and thylakoid membranes of Synechocystis sp PCC6803. In: Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects. (Ed. G. Garab), Kluwer Academic Publishers,
- Photosynthesis and the World Wide Web.. In: Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects. (Ed. G. Garab). Kluwer Academic Publishers,
- Comparison of different effects of chloroacetates on electron transport in PS II and in the reaction center of Rb.sphaeroides 601. Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica. 29: 36-43.
- Trichloroacetate affects redox active tyrosine 160 of the D2 polypeptide of the photosystem II core. Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung. 52 C: 782-788.
- Modification of the photosystem II acceptor side function in a D1 mutant (arginine-269-glycine) of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1322: 60-76. pdf
- Direct measurement of the effective rate constant for primary charge separation in isolated photosystem II reaction centers. J. Phys. Chem. B. 101: 2251-2255. pdf
- Kinetics of the oxygen evolution step in plants determined from flash-induced chlorophyll a fluorescence. Photosynth. Res. 51: 43-49. pdf
- On the requirement of bound bicarbonate for photosystem II. Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung. 52C: 24-32.
- Chloroacetates as inhibitors of photosystem II: effects on electron acceptor side. J. Photochem. and Photobiol. B: Biology. 37: 107-117. pdf
- Mutagenesis of the D-E loop of photosystem II reaction centre protein D1. Function and assembly of photosystem II. Plant Molecular Biology. 33: 1059-1071. pdf
- Construction and characterization of a photosystem II D1 mutant (arginine-269-glycine) of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1277: 83-92.
- Modeling of the D1/D2 proteins and cofactors of the photosystem II reaction center : Implications for herbicide and bicarbonate binding. Protein Science. 5: 2054-2073.
- Thermoluminescence from the photosynthetic apparatus. Photosynth. Res. 48: 117-126. [*invited minireview]
- Wavelength and intensity dependent primary photochemistry of isolated photosystem II reaction centers at 5 C. Chemical Physics. 210: 279-295.
- Comparative time-resolved photosystem II chlorophyll a fluorescence analyses reveal distinctive differences between photoinhibitory reaction center damage and xanthophyll cycle dependent energy dissipation. Photochem. and Photobiol. 64: 552-563.
- Photosystem II chlorophyll a fluorescence lifetimes and intensity are independent of the antenna size differences between barley wild-type and chlorina mutants: Photochemical quenching and xanthophyll cycle dependent non-photochemical quenching of fluorescence. Photosynth. Res. 48: 171-187.
- Editorial [on "Photosynthetic Unit: Antenna and
- Photosynthesis. Encyclopedia for Applied Physics. 13: 513-532. [*invited review]
- Differential effects of dimethylbenzoquinone and dichlorobenzoquinone on chlorophyll fluorescence transient in spinach thylakoids. J. Photochem. and Photobiol. B: Biology. 31 : 163-169.
- Polyphasic rise of chlorophyll a fluorescence in herbicide-resistant D1 mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Photosynth. Res. 43: 131-141.
- The sequential release of three extrinsic polypeptides in the PS II particles by high concentrations of trichloroacetates. Naturwissenschaften. 82: 477-478.
- Sixty-three years since Kautsky: chlorophyll a fluorescence. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 22 : 131-160. [* invited overview] pdf
- Xanthophyll cycle-dependent quenching of photosystem II chlorophyll a fluorescence: formation of a quenching complex with a short fluorescence lifetime. Proceed. National Acad. Sci. USA. 92: 2273-2277. pdf
- Polyphasic chlorophyll a fluorescence transient in plants and cyanobacteria. Photochem. and Photobiol. 61: 32-42.
- A mutation in the D-de loop of D1 modifies the stability of the S2QA- and S2QB- states in photosystem II. Plant Physiol. 107: 187-197.
- Differential effects of formate in single and double mutants of D1 in Synechocystis species PCC 6714. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1229: 296-301.
- Photosystem II electron flow requires bound bicarbonate. In: Photosynthesis: from Light to biosphere. (Ed. P. Mathis), Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.Volume I, pp. 567-570.
- Characterization of a site-directed mutant (D1-arginine 269-glycine) of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.. In: Photosynthesis: from Light to biosphere. (Ed. P. Mathis), Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.Volume I, pp. 575-578.
- Femtosecond spectroscopy of PSII reaction centers: new results. In: Photosynthesis: from Light to biosphere. (Ed. P. Mathis), Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.Volume I, pp. 663-666.
- Phylogenetic analysis of photosystems I and II. In: Photosynthesis: from Light to biosphere. (Ed. P. Mathis), Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.Volume I, pp. 955-958.
- Xanthophyll cycle dependent non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll a fluorescence at low physiological temperatures. In: Photosynthesis: from Light to biosphere. (Ed. P. Mathis), Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.Volume IV, pp. 825-828.
- Numerical simulation of chlorophyll a fluorescence induction in plants. In: P. Mathis (editor) Photosynthesis: from light to biosphere. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The
- Femtosecond dichroism studies of isolated photosystem II reaction centers. Proceed. National Acad. Sci. USA. 91: 8999-9003.
- Lumenal side histidine mutations in the D1 protein of photosystem II affect donor side electron transfer in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1185: 257-270.
- The At thermoluminescence band from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and the effects of mutagenesis of histidine residues on the donor side of the photosystem II D1 polypeptide. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1185: 228-237.
- IN APPRECIATION OF BESSEL KOK. Photosynthesis Research, 38 (3): 211-213.
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