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. 1995 Jul;7(7):809–819. doi: 10.1105/tpc.7.7.809

Rubisco Synthesis, Assembly, Mechanism, and Regulation.

S Gutteridge 1, AA Gatenby 1
PMCID: PMC160870  PMID: 12242387

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