Voltammetry and in situ scanning tunneling microscopy of cytochrome c nitrite reductase on Au(111) electrodes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3897-3906

  Gwyer, James D ^a   Zhang, Jingdong ^b   Butt, Julea N ^a   Ulstrup, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C NITRITE REDUCTASE; GOLD DERIVATIVE; NITRITE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33751230804     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.089755     Document Type: Article

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