Electron tunneling pathways in proteins

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 192-198

  Winkler, J R Jay R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0034026215     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(99)00074-5     Document Type: Review

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