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Coupling of quanta, electrons, fields, ions and phosphorylation in the functional membrane of photosynthesis. Results by pulse spectroscopic methods

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H. T. Witt
H. T. Witt
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Max- Volmer-Institut, I. Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin
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Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , November 1971 , pp. 365 - 477
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