Decarboxylation mechanism of the N-terminal glutamyl moiety in γ-glutamic acid and methionine containing peptides

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 507-510

  Bobrowski, Krzysztof ^a,b,c   Schöneich, Christian ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHIONINE; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; DECARBOXYLATION; PULSE RADIOLYSIS;

EID: 0343725832     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0969-806X(95)00137-M     Document Type: Article

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