The nature of the coordination sites of transition metals in proteins

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1706, 1996, Pages 325-357

  Garner, C David ^a   Collison, David ^a   Pidcock, Elna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030504446     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1996.0011     Document Type: Article

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