Mechanisms of metalloenzymes studied by quantum chemical methods

Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-145

  Siegbahn, Per E M ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXYGEN; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ACCURACY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; HYBRID; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; THEORY;

EID: 0037295343     PISSN: 00335835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033583502003827     Document Type: Review

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