Dendrimers as artificial enzymes

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 656-664

  Kofoed, Jacob ^a   Reymond, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMER; ISOENZYME; PEPTIDE;

CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MACROMOLECULE; MICROENVIRONMENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DENDRIMERS; ENZYMES; MUTATION; PEPTIDE LIBRARY;

EID: 27744462705     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.10.013     Document Type: Review

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