Title: THE METAL CENTERS OF THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC OXYGEN‐EVOLVING COMPLEX *
Abstract: Photochemistry and PhotobiologyVolume 43, Issue 1 p. 99-115 Free Access THE METAL CENTERS OF THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC OXYGEN-EVOLVING COMPLEX * G. Charles Dismukes, G. Charles Dismukes Frick Chemical Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544 USASearch for more papers by this author G. Charles Dismukes, G. Charles Dismukes Frick Chemical Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544 USASearch for more papers by this author First published: January 1986 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-1097.1986.tb05598.xCitations: 173 * This article is dedicated to the memory of Bernadette Bouges-Bocquet. 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