Beyond popper and polanyi: Leonor michaelis, a critical and passionate pioneer of research at the interface of medicine, enzymology, and physical chemistry

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 612-626

  Deichmann, Ute ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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ENZYME;

ART; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLISM; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; ENZYMES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHILOSOPHY; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84875204726     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2012.0047     Document Type: Article

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