Iron-sulfur clusters as biological sensors: The chemistry of reactions with molecular oxygen and nitric oxide

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3196-3205

  Crack, Jason C ^a   Green, Jeffrey ^b   Thomson, Andrew J ^a   Brun, Nick E Le ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; METABOLISM;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN;

EID: 84908097207     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar5002507     Document Type: Article

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