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Light-harvesting Complexes of Plants and Algae: Introduction, Survey and Nomenclature

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Oxygenic Photosynthesis: The Light Reactions

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  1. Department of Physiology, Carlsberg Laboratory, Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500, Copenhagen Valby, Denmark

    David John Simpson

  2. Institute of Cell Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Bremen, Postbox 330440, D-28334, Bremen, Germany

    Jürgen Knoetzel

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  1. USDA/ARS, Photosynthesis Research Unit, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA

    Donald R. Ort

  2. Department of Biology/Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Charles F. Yocum

  3. University of Illinois, USA

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Simpson, D.J., Knoetzel, J. (1996). Light-harvesting Complexes of Plants and Algae: Introduction, Survey and Nomenclature. In: Ort, D.R., Yocum, C.F., Heichel, I.F. (eds) Oxygenic Photosynthesis: The Light Reactions. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48127-8_27

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