New frontiers in structural flavoenzymology

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 722-728

  De Colibus, Luigi ^a   Mattevi, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; FLAVOPROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; FLAVOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDOREDUCTASES, N-DEMETHYLATING; OXYGEN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 34047180214     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2006.10.003     Document Type: Review

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