Celebrating the millennium: Historical highlights of photosynthesis research, Part 3

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Govindjee, ^a   Allen, John F ^b   Beatty, J Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Germaine Cohen Bazire (Stanier); Nobel laureates in photosynthesis related areas; Roger Stanier; William Archibald Arnold

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042802013     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PRES.0000030564.59043.ca     Document Type: Conference Paper

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