Mechanism of Molybdenum Nitrogenase

Chemical Reviews - Tập 96 Số 7 - Trang 2983-3012 - 1996
Barbara K. Burgess1, David Lowe1
1Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92717-3900, and Nitrogen Fixation Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, U.K.

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