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Determination of the quenching efficiency of the oxidized primary donor of Photosystem I, P700+: Implications for the trapping mechanism

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Trissl, HW. Determination of the quenching efficiency of the oxidized primary donor of Photosystem I, P700+: Implications for the trapping mechanism. Photosynthesis Research 54, 237–240 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005981016835

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