Enzyme mediated C-C bond formation

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-97

  Fessner, Wolf Dieter ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; ISOMERASE; LYASE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW;

CARBON-CARBON DOUBLE BOND ISOMERASES; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FRUCTOSE-BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0031993474     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(98)80040-9     Document Type: Article

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