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From Endosymbiosis to Synthetic Photosynthetic Life

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (2010)

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PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Volume 154, Issue 2, Pages 593-597

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AMER SOC PLANT BIOLOGISTS

DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.161216

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German Research Council [DFG WE 2231/4-1, SFB TR1, IRTG 1525/1]
National Science Foundation [0544676, 0519740]
U.S. Department of Energy [DE-FG02-06ER15808]
Direct For Biological Sciences
Div Of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience [0544676] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Div Of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience
Direct For Biological Sciences [0519740] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-FG02-06ER15808] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

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