Cytochrome c oxidase

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 460-466

  Ostermeier, Christian ^a   Iwata, So ^a   Michel, Hartmut ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTON PUMP;

ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; HEART MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; SOIL MICROFLORA; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030220806     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(96)80110-2     Document Type: Article

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