From chemiosmotic redox loops to proton motive molecular machines
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0005-2728
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.05.139