A 21st century revisionist's view at a turning point in enzymology

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 543-550

  Nagel, Zachary D ^a   Klinman, Judith P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; HYDROGEN;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYMOLOGY; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; QUANTUM THEORY;

CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 68049085675     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.204     Document Type: Review

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