Single Enzyme Studies: A Historical Perspective

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 778, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-9

  Knight, Alex E ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic heterogeneity; Single turnovers; Single molecule enzymology; Static heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ENZYMOLOGY; TURNOVER RATE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

ENZYME;

ENZYMES;

EID: 80054772219     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-261-8_1     Document Type: Chapter

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