Definitions of enzyme function for the structural genomics era

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 230-237

  Babbitt, Patricia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOLASE; ENOYL COENZYME A HYDRATASE; HYDROLYASE; PHOSPHATASE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOMICS; PROTEIN DATABASE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0037397439     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(03)00028-0     Document Type: Review

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