Author Correction: The structure of a red-shifted photosystem I reveals a red site in the core antenna.
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SUBMITTER: Toporik H
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Author Correction: The structure of a red-shifted photosystem I reveals a red site in the core antenna.
Toporik Hila H Khmelnitskiy Anton A Dobson Zachary Z Riddle Reece R Williams Dewight D Lin Su S Jankowiak Ryszard R Mazor Yuval Y
Nature communications 20201120 1
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19953-w. ...[more]
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