Mapping the carbon reduction cycle: A personal retrospective

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 35-52

  Bassham, James A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexander T. Wilson; Andrew A. Benson; Carbon fixation; Energetics; James Bassham; Melvin Calvin; Peter Massini; Photosynthesis; Photosynthetic carbon reduction (PCR) cycle; Radiocarbon; Steady state; Transients

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041859263     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024929725022     Document Type: Review

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