Retrospect and prospect of some proposed 'string-bag' structure models for the active center of nitrogenase

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 825-831

  Wu, Xintao ^a   Lu, Jiaxi ^a  

^a FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

Author keywords

'String bag' structure model; Active center of nitrogenase

Indexed keywords

EID: 2842527266     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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