Radka Vladkova

TL;DR: In this paper, the conversion of chlorophyll a (Chl a) monomers into large aggregates in six polar solvents upon addition of water has been studied by means of absorption, fluorescence spectroscopy and fluorescence lifetime measurements for the purpose of elucidating the various environmental factors promoting Chl a self-assembly and determining the type of its organization.

TL;DR: The influence of NO-induced changes in the photosynthetic apparatus on its functions and sensitivity to stress factors are discussed.

TL;DR: The observed changes in 540 nm light scattering and in the calorimetric transitions suggest alterations in the structural organization of the thylakoid membranes after EBR treatment, which in turn influence the kinetics of oxygen evolution, accelerate the electron transport rate, increase the effective quantum yield of photosystem II and the photochemical quenching.

TL;DR: In in vitro study, it was found that even at very low amounts of SNP, the SNP-donated NO stimulates with more than 50% the overall photosystem II electron transport rate and diminishes the evolution of molecular oxygen.

TL;DR: The data demonstrate that the metastable rippled phase manifests its appearance also through interactions with small molecules (ANS size approximately 8 A), confirming previous results that DMPC does not form a Pbeta'(mst) phase.