摘要
When we obtained evidence for redox regulation in 1967, I would never have imagined that those experiments would lay the foundation for a field that was destined to embrace all types of living cells. The possibility that the early experiments with chloroplast ferredoxin （Fdx） would prompt the publication of a Special Issue on ＇Redox and Photosynthesis＇ was equally far-fetched. In view of these unforeseen developments, I think it is timely to introduce this Special Issue by briefly describing how the field of thiol-based redox regulation started. In the interest of space, my recounting of events leading to the discovery of the mechanism is brief. Most noticeably, the names of collaborators, who were so critical in this research, have been left out. Their names and other details are given in the earlier, more complete accounts listed in the References.
When we obtained evidence for redox regulation in 1967, I would never have imagined that those experiments would lay the foundation for a field that was destined to embrace all types of living cells. The possibility that the early experiments with chloroplast ferredoxin （Fdx） would prompt the publication of a Special Issue on ＇Redox and Photosynthesis＇ was equally far-fetched. In view of these unforeseen developments, I think it is timely to introduce this Special Issue by briefly describing how the field of thiol-based redox regulation started. In the interest of space, my recounting of events leading to the discovery of the mechanism is brief. Most noticeably, the names of collaborators, who were so critical in this research, have been left out. Their names and other details are given in the earlier, more complete accounts listed in the References.
