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Tribute: a salute to Alexander Yurievich Borisov (1930–2019), an outstanding biophysicist

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Source Borisov’s family Archive

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Source Borisov’s Family Archives

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Source Archives of the Borisov’s Family

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We thank Andrei Borisov for the three photographs, shown in this Tribute, and for providing information on the family, as used here.

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  1. A.N. Belozersky Research Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    Alexey Yu. Semenov, Elena A. Kotova & Andrei P. Razjivin

  2. Department of Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Center of Biophysics & Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    Govindjee

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Semenov, A.Y., Kotova, E.A., Razjivin, A.P. et al. Tribute: a salute to Alexander Yurievich Borisov (1930–2019), an outstanding biophysicist. Photosynth Res 146, 25–27 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-019-00674-1

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