Enzymes and associated electron transport systems that catalyse the respiratory reduction of nitrogen oxides and oxyanions

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics - Tập 1232 Số 3 - Trang 97-173 - 1995
Ben C. Berks1,2, Stuart J. Ferguson2, James Moir1,2, David J. Richardson1
1Centre for Metalloprotein Spectroscopy and Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
2Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OXI 3QU, UK

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