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In Vitro Reconstitution of Light-harvesting Complexes of Plants and Green Algae
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In Vitro Reconstitution of Light-harvesting Complexes of Plants and Green Algae

Published on: October 10, 2014

[Fluorescence characteristics and photophysical parameters of aggregates of light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b

E E Ostroumov, V V Fadeev, M S Khristin

    Biofizika
    |November 1, 2007
    PubMed

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