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Quantum Yield of Ferrocytochrome c Photo-oxidation in Chloroplast Particles

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The quantum yield profile of ferrocytochrome c photo-oxidation by chloroplasts subjected to detergent treatment and differential centrifugation appears to represent a partial separation of photo-systems into different chlorophyll protein complexes.

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SCHWARTZ, M. Quantum Yield of Ferrocytochrome c Photo-oxidation in Chloroplast Particles. Nature 213, 1187–1189 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2131187a0

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