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MeSH Heading: Photosynthesis
Tree Number(s): G02.111.158.937; G02.111.669.700; G02.740.921; G03.191.937; G03.493.700; G03.800.700; G15.568
Unique ID: D010788
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010788
Annotation: do not confuse REDUCTIVE PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE with PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY
Scope Note: The synthesis by organisms of organic chemical compounds, especially carbohydrates, from carbon dioxide using energy obtained from light rather than from the oxidation of chemical compounds. Photosynthesis comprises two separate processes: the light reactions and the dark reactions. In higher plants; GREEN ALGAE; and CYANOBACTERIA; NADPH and ATP formed by the light reactions drive the dark reactions which result in the fixation of carbon dioxide. (from Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2001)
Entry Version: PHOTOSYN
Entry Term(s): Calvin Cycle; Calvin-Benson Cycle; Calvin-Benson-Bassham Cycle; Carbon Fixation, Photosynthetic; Dark Reactions of Photosynthesis; Reductive Pentose Phosphate Cycle
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/07/01

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Concept UI: M0489554
Terms: Reductive Pentose Phosphate Cycle Preferred Term
Term UI T652574
Date09/21/2005
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2007); Calvin Cycle
Term UI T662028
Date12/12/2005
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2007); Calvin-Benson Cycle
Term UI T662029
Date12/12/2005
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2007); Calvin-Benson-Bassham Cycle
Term UI T662030
Date12/12/2005
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2007)

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