title: The carbon (formerly dark) reactions of photosynthesis.
abstract: In this brief account, I describe the background for dividing photosynthesis into "light" and "dark" reactions and show how this concept changed to "light" and "carbon" reactions as science in the field advanced.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California, 111 Koshland Hall, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA. view@berkeley.edu.
authors.forename: Bob B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Buchanan
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000266:history* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects; D003624:Darkness; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008027:Light; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000528:radiation effects*; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D002244:Carbon
keywords: Dark reactions; F.F. Blackman; Light activation; Light reactions; O. Warburg; Thioredoxin