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ISBN: 9781464172274
Author: Jay Phelan
Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Co
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Chapter 4, Problem 10SA
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The function of Rubisco.
Introduction:
RuBisCO is expanded as Ribulose Bisphosphate Carboxylase Oxygenase.
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