Binding of Copper(II) to Potentially Tridentate Amino Acid Ligands

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 92, Issue 18, 1970, Pages 5365-5372

  Wilson, Edmond W ^a   Kasperian, Mary H ^a   Martin, R Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COPPER; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALORIMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACIDS; BINDING SITES; CALORIMETRY; COPPER; PEPTIDES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0014938306     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00721a013     Document Type: Article

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