Photometric Assays for Chloroplast Movement Responses to Blue Light
Halina Gabryś,
Agnieszka Banaś,
Pawel Hermanowicz,
Weronika Krzeszowiec,
Sebastian Leśniewski,
Justyna Łabuz,
Olga Sztatelman
Affiliations
Halina Gabryś
Department of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
Agnieszka Banaś
Department of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
Pawel Hermanowicz
Department of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
Weronika Krzeszowiec
Department of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
Sebastian Leśniewski
Department of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
Justyna Łabuz
Department of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, 30-387 Krakow, PolandMalopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7A, Krakow, Poland
Olga Sztatelman
Department of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, 30-387 Krakow, PolandInstitute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5a, Warsaw, Poland
Assessment of chloroplast movements by measuring changes in leaf transmittance is discussed, with special reference to the conditions necessary for reliable estimation of blue light–activated chloroplast responses.