'Gloom in the society of enzymes': On the nature of biological information

BioSystems

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 163-171

  Marijuán, Pedro C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological information; Enzyme function; Functional voids; Informational problem solving; Protein degradation; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0029874780     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-2647(95)01587-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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