How the cholinesterases got their modern names

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 187, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 23-26

  Whittaker, Victor P ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon analogues of choline esters; Dispersion forces; Enzyme substrate complementarity; Ion induced dipole interactions; True , pseudo , acetyl , butyryl cholinesterases

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HYDROLYSIS; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

EID: 77955513812     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2010.02.041     Document Type: Article

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