Thermal damage to chloroplast envelope membranes.
Nuclear magnetic resonance was used to detect thermal injury to chloroplasts in vivo. A lesion occurs in the chloroplast envelope membrane at temperatures between 53 degrees C and 57 degrees C, depending on species, leaf condition, and heating rate. The injury is associated with a sudden loss of water from the chloroplast.
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Department of Chemistry, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406.
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