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There is unequivocal evidence that in higher plant cells exposed to heat stress the photosynthetic apparatus is irreversibly damaged prior to impairment of other cellular functions (Berry and Bjorkman 1980). The general assembly of the photosynthetic membranes in cyanobacteria is similar to that of higher plants, whereas the genetic organization is simpler and can be manipulated more easily. Correspondingly, our attention has been focused on the molecular mechanism of adaptation and resistance to high temperatures of a cyanobacterial strain, Synechocystis PCC6803 (Vigh et al. 1990, Lehel et al. 1992, 1993a, 1993b).
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Vigh, L., Török, Z., Kovács, E., Glatz, A., Balogh, N., Horváth, I. (1994). Thermal Acclimation and Heat Stress Response of Synechocystis PCC6803: The Possible Role of Thylakoid Physical State, Lipid Saturation and Molecular Chaperones. In: Cherry, J.H. (eds) Biochemical and Cellular Mechanisms of Stress Tolerance in Plants. NATO ASI Series, vol 86. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79133-8_4
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