Life depends upon two kinds of water

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Wiggins, Philippa ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; BIOPOLYMER; DNA; NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE; POLYNUCLEOTIDE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; WATER;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BONE MINERALIZATION; CHIRALITY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOMER; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN BOND; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OSSIFICATION; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMISTRY; HYDROLYSIS; LIFE; METABOLISM;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROLYSIS; LIFE; PEPTIDES; POLYNUCLEOTIDES; WATER;

EID: 39049119768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001406     Document Type: Article

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