chirality in biological nanospaces: Reactions in active sites

Chirality in Biological Nanospaces: Reactions in Active Sites

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-181

  Nandi, Nilashis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

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Indexed keywords

CHIRALITY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENZYMES; MOLECULES; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ACTIVE SITE RESIDUES; ACTIVE SITE STRUCTURE; BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STUDIES; MOLECULAR CHIRALITY; MOLECULAR UNDERSTANDING; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

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