Nickel biochemistry

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 208-215

  Ragsdale, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON MONOXIDE DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROGENASE; METALLOPROTEIN; METHYL COENZYME M REDUCTASE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; NICKEL; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UREASE;

CHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ACETATE-COA LIGASE; ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HYDROGENASE; METALLOPROTEINS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; NICKEL; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UREASE;

EID: 0032039642     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(98)80062-8     Document Type: Article

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