Novel metal sites in protein structures

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 804-812

  Volbeda, Anne ^a   Fontecilla Camps, Juan Carlos ^a   Frey, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; COBALT; HYDROGENASE; METAL; METALLOPROTEIN; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; NITRITE REDUCTASE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; SULFITE REDUCTASE; TUNGSTEN; UREASE; VANADIUM;

ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; METAL BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030444792     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(96)80011-X     Document Type: Article

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