Becker's World of the Cell (9th Edition)
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Chapter 11, Problem 11.5PS
Energy Flow in Photosynthesis. A portion of the solar energy that arrives at the surface of a leaf is eventually converted to chemical energy and appears in the
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A cyclic pathway runs in Photosystem I to make ATP. Here, electrons are cycled back to photosystem I and NADPH is formed.
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