Designing artificial enzymes by intuition and computation

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-24

  Nanda, Vikas ^a   Koder, Ronald L ^b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

BIOCATALYSIS; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

BIOCATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENZYMES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 77949860707     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.473     Document Type: Review

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