Photosynthetica 2021, 59(4):606-614 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2021.058

James Barber (1940-2020): A very remarkable biochemist of our time

G. GOVINDJEE
Department of Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, and Center of Biophysics & Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign (UIUC), Urbana, IL 61801, USA

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Accepted: November 18, 2021; Prepublished online: November 18, 2021; Published: December 17, 2021  Show citation

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GOVINDJEE, G. (2021). James Barber (1940-2020): A very remarkable biochemist of our time. Photosynthetica, 59(4), 606-614. doi: 10.32615/ps.2021.058
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