Enzymology takes a quantum leap forward

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1766, 2000, Pages 367-386

  Sutcliffe, Michael J ^a   Scrutton, Nigel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enzymes; Hydrogen tunnelling; Isotope effect; Quantum mechanics; Transition state theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346672693     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2000.0536     Document Type: Article

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