Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 263-268

  Wong, Luet Lok ^a  

^a Inorganic Chemistry   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAMPHOR 5 MONOOXYGENASE; CYTOCHROME P450; HEMOPROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CAMPHOR 5-MONOOXYGENASE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HEMEPROTEINS; HUMANS; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0032039678     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(98)80068-9     Document Type: Article

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