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. 1963 May;49(5):633–638. doi: 10.1073/pnas.49.5.633

ON THE LIGHT-INDUCED BLEACHING OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC PYRIDINE NUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE IN THE PRESENCE OF CHLOROPLASTS*

Britton Chance 1,2, Anthony San Pietro 1,2,†
PMCID: PMC299941  PMID: 16591080

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