Carbon Isotope Discrimination in Photosynthesis of CAM Plants

C. B. Osmond; W. G. Allaway; B. G. Sutton; John H. Troughton; O. Queiroz; Ulrich Lüttge; Klaus Winter

doi:10.1038/246041a0

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Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylaseCrassulacean acid metabolismPhotosynthesisIsotopes of carbonBotanyBiologyδ13CCarbon fibersC4 photosynthesisChemistryStable isotope ratioEcologyTotal organic carbonPhysicsMathematics

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Year: 1973
Type: article
Volume: 246
Issue: 5427
Pages: 41-42
Citations: 191
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                                    C. B. Osmond, 
                                
                                    W. G. Allaway, 
                                
                                    B. G. Sutton
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1973). 
                            Carbon Isotope Discrimination in Photosynthesis of CAM Plants. 
                            Nature
                            , 246
                            (5427)
                            , 41-42.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/246041a0
                        

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