Why did Nature choose manganese to make oxygen?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1494, 2008, Pages 1263-1270

  Armstrong, Fraser A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catalyst; Evolution; Manganese; Oxygen; Water oxidation

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDING; ELECTRON; LIGAND; MANGANESE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; RADICAL; WATER;

EID: 38949126973     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2223     Document Type: Article

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