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Mechanism of Water Oxidation in Photosynthesis Elucidated by Interplay Between Experiment and Theory

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Yamaguchi, K., Yamanaka, S., Isobe, H., Shoji, M., Kawakami, T., Miyagawa, K. (2021). Mechanism of Water Oxidation in Photosynthesis Elucidated by Interplay Between Experiment and Theory. 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_2

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