Nitrogen cycle enzymology

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 182-193

  Ferguson, Stuart J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEME; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FUNGI; HEME; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASES;

EID: 0032039641     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(98)80059-8     Document Type: Article

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