The enzymatic basis of information processing in the living cell

BioSystems

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 147-153

  Welch, G Rickey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Cytomatrix; Enzyme catalysis; Molecular energy machines; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; CELL METABOLISM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME METABOLISM; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING;

EID: 0029924575     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-2647(95)01585-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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