Assembly of the Covalent Linkage between Lipoic Acid and Its Cognate Enzymes

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1293-1302

  Zhao, Xin ^a   Miller, J Richard ^b,d   Jiang, Yanfang ^a   Marletta, Michael A ^b,c   Cronan, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

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EID: 0348229020     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2003.11.016     Document Type: Article

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