The Evolution of Photosynthesis

Chemistry and biochemistry of plant pigments

1976 • 3,086 citations

On the origin of mitosing cells

1967 • 1,504 citations

The Near Infrared Absorption Spectrum of Liquid Water

1951 • 702 citations

Function of the Two Cytochrome Components in Chloroplasts: A Working Hypothesis

1960 • 617 citations

Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Evolution on the Primitive Earth

1968 • 498 citations

The concept of a bacterium

1962 • 392 citations

Significance of the Gunflint (Precambrian) Microflora

1965 • 351 citations

On the Origin and Rise of Oxygen Concentration in the Earth's Atmosphere

1965 • 344 citations

Photosynthesis and respiration

1963 • 326 citations

Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft

1914 • 218 citations

The role of chloride ion in photosynthesis III. The effect of artificial electron donors upon electron transport

1969 • 213 citations

Microorganisms Three Billion Years Old from the Precambrian of South Africa

1966 • 210 citations

Alga-Like Fossils from the Early Precambrian of South Africa

1967 • 193 citations

Thermodynamics of Light Emission and Free-Energy Storage in Photosynthesis

1967 • 148 citations

[Identification of Pseudomonas sp. and effect of growth conditions on aspartase and glutaminase activity].

1970 • 138 citations

The Heart's Pacemaker

1967 • 124 citations

Heterotrophy and Nitrogen Fixation in Chlorogloea fritschii

1965 • 119 citations

HISTORY OF MAJOR ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS

1965 • 116 citations

Alga-Like Forms in Onverwacht Series, South Africa: Oldest Recognized Lifelike Forms on Earth

1968 • 115 citations

Photoproduction of Hydrogen, Photofixation of Nitrogen and a Unified Concept of Photosynthesis

1961 • 110 citations

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BLUE‐GREEN ALGAE AND BACTERIA

1965 • 108 citations

Studies on the Nature of Chloroplast Lamellae. II. Chemical Composition and Further Physical Properties of Two Chlorophyll-Protein Complexes^*

1967 • 103 citations

Oxidation States of Manganese Hematoporphyrin IX in Aqueous Solution^*

1963 • 103 citations

Electron Transport Pathways in Photosynthesis

1968 • 100 citations

The inorganic chemistry of nitrogen

1964 • 96 citations

Studies on the Manganese of the Chloroplast

1967 • 95 citations

A Common Link between Photosynthesis and Respiration in a Blue-Green Alga

1963 • 93 citations

Site of manganese function in photosynthesis

1968 • 88 citations

Evolutionary Criteria in Thallophytes: A Radical Alternative

1968 • 85 citations

The Bacterial Photosynthetic Apparatus

1968 • 85 citations

Comparison of a chlorophyll a-protein complex isolated from a blue-green alga with chlorophyll-protein complexes obtained from green bacteria and higher plants

1969 • 83 citations

CHLOROPHYLL ENERGY LEVELS AND ELECTRON FLOW IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS

1968 • 78 citations

Thermodynamics and the Primary Processes of Photosynthesis

1969 • 74 citations

Photoreaction of Manganese Catalyst in Photosynthetic Oxygen Evolution

1969 • 72 citations

MAGNESIUM 2,4-DIVINYLPHAEOPORPHYRIN A5 MONOMETHYL ESTER, A PROTOCHLOROPHYLL-LIKE PIGMENT PRODUCED BY RHODOPSEUDOMONAS SPHEROIDES

1963 • 67 citations

Photosynthesis

1965 • 64 citations

Enhancement effects and the identity of the two photochemical reactions of photosynthesis.

1968 • 59 citations

The Oldest Dated Minerals of the Rhodesian Shield

1954 • 56 citations

The chemical composition of acrystalline bacteriochlorophyll-protein complex isolated from the green bacterium, Chloropseudomonas ethylicum

1968 • 55 citations

A Thiococcus sp. nov. gen., its pigments and internal membrane system

1967 • 54 citations

TRANSFER OF CHLOROPHYLL EXCITATION ENERGY IN GREEN PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA

1963 • 53 citations

Quantum Requirement for Acetate Assimilation and Its Significance for Quantum Measurements in Photophosphorylation

1965 • 52 citations

Role of Photosynthesis in the Light-induced Assimilation of Acetate by Chlamydobotrys

1964 • 46 citations

The production of magnesium protoporphyrin monomethyl ester by Rhodopseudomonas spheroides

1963 • 45 citations

A note on the porphyrins excreted by the blue‐green mutant of Rhodopseudomonas spheroides

1956 • 44 citations

ENERGY TRANSFER AND CYTOCHROME FUNCTION IN A NEW TYPE OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIUM*

1965 • 41 citations

Photometabolism of Acetate by Chlamydomonas mundana

1963 • 40 citations

Kinetics and Intermediates of the Oxygen Evolution Step in Photosynthesis1 1This investigation was supported in part by the Aerospace Medical Division (AF 41(609)–2369), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASw–747), and the National Institutes of Health (PH 43–63–36).

1966 • 39 citations

Haem-Proteins in Photosynthesis

1968 • 39 citations

Evidence for three photochemical systems in Chromatium D

1968 • 38 citations

Regulation of Photosynthetic Capacity in Chlamydomonas mundana

1966 • 37 citations

Studies on the structure of a pigment related to chlorophyll a produced by Rhodopseudomonas spheroides

1964 • 28 citations

Evidence for two light-driven reactions in the purple photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodospirillum rubrum.

1968 • 25 citations

Die Photoassimilation von Glucose als Indikator für die Lichtphosphorylierung in vivo

1966 • 24 citations

Light-induced reactions of P890 and P800 in the purple photosynthetic bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum

1969 • 23 citations

On the light-dependent reactivation of photosynthetic activity by manganese

1967 • 23 citations

Some properties of mutant strains of Rhodopseudomonas spheroides which do not form bacteriochlorophyll

1967 • 23 citations

The Photo-assimilation of Acetate by Pyrobotrys (Chlamydobotrys) stellata

1967 • 22 citations

A model of the bacteriochlorophyll-protein from green photosynthetic bacteria

1969 • 21 citations

Further Mutational Changes in the Photosynthetic Pigment System of Rhodopseudomonas spheroides

1962 • 20 citations

Chlorophyll orientation in crystals of bacteriochlorophyll-protein from green photosynthetic bacteria

1969 • 18 citations

Oxidation States of Manganese Methyl Phæophorbide a in Aqueous Solution

1964 • 16 citations

Enhancement and de-enhancement effect in Anacystis nidulans

1963 • 16 citations

Relative Quantum Yields for Anaerobic Photoassimilation of Glucose

1966 • 14 citations

A Note on Efficiency for Conversion of Light Energy

1962 • 13 citations

CHAIRMAN'S SUMMARY REMARKS

1965 • 12 citations

The interaction between manganese(IV)-hematoporphyrin IX and water

1964 • 12 citations

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION AND THE ORIGIN OF LIFE

1968 • 8 citations

Manganeffekte in photosynthetischen Reaktionen von Anacystis

1966 • 7 citations

Chemistry and the missions of NIH

1967 • 1 citations