Reduction of polynitroaromatic compounds: the bacterial nitroreductases

Oxford University Press (OUP) - Tập 32 Số 3 - Trang 474-500 - 2008
María Dolores Roldán1, Eva Pérez‐Reinado1, Francisco Castillo1, Conrado Moreno‐Vivián1
1Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Campus de Rabanales, Universidad de Córdoba, Cordoba, Spain.

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