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  1. Department of Plant Biology, University of California, 111 Koshland Hall, 94720-3102, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Bob B. Buchanan

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    Kunio Tagawa

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Buchanan, B.B., Tagawa, K. Perspective on Daniel I. Arnon's contributions to research, 1960–1994. Photosynth Res 46, 27–35 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00020412

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