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This article is based on a paper read at the plenary session of the International Congress of Photosynthesis Research, at Freudenstadt, Germany, June 5, 1968. The research in the author's laboratory, reported herein, was supported in part by grants from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research.

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Arnon, D.I. Role of ferredoxin in photosynthesis. Naturwissenschaften 56, 295–305 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00602160

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