The burden borne by urease

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 31, 2005, Pages 10828-10829

  Callahan, Brian P ^a   Yuan, Yang ^a   Wolfenden, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; DECOMPOSITION; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS;

CATALYSIS; QUANTUM THEORY; UREASE;

EID: 23744447540     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0525399     Document Type: Article

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