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Cytochromes in Chloroplasts

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IT has been concluded from experiments with barley leaves that chloroplasts contain cytochromes ƒ and b 6 and no cytochrome c 1. We have been able to extend the observations to two other widely differing species and to record certain characteristics of the cytochromes present.

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JAMES, W., LEECH, R. Cytochromes in Chloroplasts. Nature 182, 1684–1685 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1821684a0

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