What Is Life? A Guide to Biology with Physiology
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ISBN: 9781319065447
Author: Jay Phelan
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 5, Problem 7SA
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The function of Rubisco.
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RuBisCO is expanded as Ribulose Bisphosphate Carboxylase Oxygenase.
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