Biochemistry of the soluble methane monooxygenase

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue , 1994, Pages 371-399

  Lipscomb, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fe(IV); Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b; oxene intermediate; oxygen activation; oxygen bridged diiron cluster; oxygenase

Indexed keywords

METHANE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ENZYME MECHANISM; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM; TRICHOSPORIUM;

EID: 0028090067     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.mi.48.100194.002103     Document Type: Review

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