Recognition of cationic species with synthetic receptors

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 467-474

  Arduini, Arturo ^a   Casnati, Alessandro ^a   Pochini, Andrea ^a   Ungaro, Rocco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; LANTHANIDE; METAL; PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE;

BINDING SITE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

BINDING SITES; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATIONS; METALS; METALS, RARE EARTH; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIDEROPHORES;

EID: 0031311275     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(97)80040-3     Document Type: Article

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