The cytochrome f-b electron-transport complex. A common link between photosynthesis and respiration in the cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans.
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SUBMITTER: Peschek GA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1154215 | biostudies-other | 1983 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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