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Structure-Function Relationships in Chloroplasts: EPR Study of Temperature-Dependent Regulation of Photosynthesis, an Overview

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    This work was performed in collaboration with V.N. Luzikov, L.A. Novikova, and A.S. Zubatov (for more details, see Luzikov et al. 1983, 1984).

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Tikhonov, A.N. (2021). Structure-Function Relationships in Chloroplasts: EPR Study of Temperature-Dependent Regulation of Photosynthesis, an Overview. In: Shen, JR., Satoh, K., Allakhverdiev, S.I. (eds) Photosynthesis: Molecular Approaches to Solar Energy Conversion. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, vol 47. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67407-6_13

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