Model systems for redox cofactor activity

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 747-751

  Rotello, Vincent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE; PORPHYRIN; PYRROLOQUINOLINEQUINONE; QUERCETIN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032706811     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(99)00035-6     Document Type: Review

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