CALVIN CYCLE


Meaning of CALVIN CYCLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkal-vən- ]

noun

Etymology: Melvin Calvin

Date: 1957

: the cycle of enzyme-catalyzed dark reactions of photosynthesis that occurs in the chloroplasts of plants and in many bacteria and that involves the fixation of carbon dioxide and the formation of a 6-carbon sugar

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