Ultrafast catalytic processes in enzymes

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 174-181

  Zhong, Dongping ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTOLYASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTOCHLOROPHYLLIDE;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; DNA REPAIR; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTO-LYASE; DNA REPAIR; ENZYMES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS;

EID: 34047267978     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.02.034     Document Type: Review

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