Electron transfer mechanisms

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 235-243

  Beratan, D N ^a   Skourtis, S S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DNA; PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

DNA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS;

EID: 0032039750     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(98)80065-3     Document Type: Article

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