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. 1994 Oct 25;91(22):10247–10250. doi: 10.1073/pnas.91.22.10247

Quantum biomechanics of long-range electron transfer in protein: hydrogen bonds and reorganization energies.

P L Dutton 1, C C Mosser 1
PMCID: PMC44996  PMID: 7937934

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