A modular treatment of molecular traffic through the active site of cholinesterase

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2430-2450

  Botti, Simone A ^a,b   Felder, Clifford E ^a   Lifson, Shneior ^b   Sussman, Joel L ^a   Silman, Israel ^a  

^a Department of Structural Biology ^*  (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; LIGAND;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HUMAN; IONIC STRENGTH; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032708268     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77080-3     Document Type: Article

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