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RuBisCO
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Rubisco rubisco
English
Alternative forms
Rubisco, rubisco
Etymology
Coined in 1979 by David Eisenberg, from en ribulose r(ib)u(lose) + en bisphosphate bis(phosphate) + en carboxylase c(arboxylase) + en oxygenase o(xygenase). Coinage was in 1979 at a seminar honoring the retirement of the early, prominent RuBisCO researcher, Sam Wildman, and also alluded to the snack food trade name "Nabisco" in reference to Wildman's attempts to create an edible protein supplement from tobacco leaves.
Noun
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en Rubisco.