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The role of c-type cytochromes in catalyzing oxidative and photosynthetic electron transport in the dual functional plasmamembrane of facultative phototrophs

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Zannoni, D., Daldal, F. The role of c-type cytochromes in catalyzing oxidative and photosynthetic electron transport in the dual functional plasmamembrane of facultative phototrophs. Arch. Microbiol. 160, 413–423 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00245301

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