Medical Definition of Calvin Benson cycle

1. Metabolic pathway responsible for photosynthetic carbon dioxide fixation in plants and bacteria. The enzyme that fixes carbon dioxide is RuDP carboxylase. The cycle is the only photosynthetic pathway in C3 plants and the secondary pathway in C4 plants. The enzymes of the pathway are present in the stroma of the chloroplast. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calvin Benson Cycle

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Calvert Vaux
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calves' feet
calves' liver
Calvin
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Calvinism
Calvinist
Calvinistic
Calvinistical
Calvinistic Baptist
Calvino
Calvin Benson cycle (current term)
Calvin Coolidge
calvin cycle
Calvin Klein
Calvin Richard Klein
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Calycanthaceae
Calycanthus
calycanthus family
Calycanthus floridus
Calycanthus occidentalis

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