Theoretical bioinorganic chemistry: the electronic structure makes a difference

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 134-141

  Kirchner, Barbara ^a   Wennmohs, Frank ^a   Ye, Shengfa ^a   Neese, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; BINDING KINETICS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OXIDATION; OXIDATION KINETICS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY, BIOINORGANIC; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ELECTRONS; FREE RADICALS; LIGANDS; METALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 34047177090     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.02.026     Document Type: Review

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