Structure and mechanisms of Escherichia coli

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 444-453

  Lipscomb, William N ^a   Kantrowitz, Evan R ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84858649691     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar200166p     Document Type: Article

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