Iron-sulfur proteins: New roles for old clusters

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-181

  Johnson, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IRON; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; NITROGENASE; PRISMANE PROTEIN, DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; SULFUR;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYSIS; IRON; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; NITROGENASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFUR;

EID: 0032043449     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(98)80058-6     Document Type: Article

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