17 pp.
17 pp.
| 647 K 17 pp. | |
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| Title | The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis | |
| Author(s) | Calvin, M.; Benson, A. A. | |
| Publication Date | March 08, 1948 | |
| Report Number | AECD-1912; UCRL--65 | |
| Unique Identifier | ACC0304 | |
| Other Numbers | OSTI ID: 927200 | |
| Research Org | Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (US) [LBL] [LBNL]; University of California Radiation Laboratory, Berkeley, CA | |
| Contract No | W-7405-Eng.-48; DE-AC02-05CH11231 | |
| Sponsoring Org | U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) | |
| Subject | 59 Basic Biological Sciences; Algae; Carbon; Carbon Dioxide; Distribution; Illuminance; Photosynthesis | |
| Related Web Pages | Melvin Calvin and Carbon in Photosynthesis | |
| Abstract | The dark fixation of carbon dioxide by green algae has been investigated and found to be closely related to photosynthesis fixation. By illumination in the absence of carbon dioxide followed by treatment with radioactive carbon dioxide in the dark, the amount fixed has been increased ten to twenty fold. This rate of maximum fixation approaches photosynthesis maximum rates. The majority of the radioactive products formed under these conditions have been identified and isolated and the distribution of labeled carbon determined. From these results a tentative scheme for the mechanism of photosynthesis is set forth. | |
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