Toward an artificial acetylcholinesterase

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 3228-3234

  Cuevas, Felix ^a   Di Stefano, Stefano ^b   Magrans, J Oriol ^a   Prados, Pilar ^a   Mandolini, Luigi ^b   De Mendoza, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase mimetics; Calixarenes; Molecular recognition; Supramolecular catalysis; Transition state analogue

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CALIXARENE; CHOLINE DERIVATIVE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; GUANIDINE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION;

EID: 0034282470     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3765(20000901)6:17<3228::AID-CHEM3228>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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