Nitrogenase: Standing at the crossroads

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 559-566

  Rees, Douglas C ^a   Howard, James B ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0033777079     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(00)00132-0     Document Type: Review

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