Decoding the nitrogenase mechanism: the homologue approach.

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Published in Acc Chem Res on March 16, 2010

Authors

Yilin Hu1, Markus W Ribbe

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California-Irvine, 2236 McGaugh Hall, Irvine, California 92697-3900, USA. yilinh@uci.edu

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