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Discovery of a New Class of Aminoacyl Radical Enzymes Expands Nature’s Known Radical Chemistry
- Award ID(s):
- 2333907
- PAR ID:
- 10549474
- Publisher / Repository:
- American Chemical Society
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Volume:
- 146
- Issue:
- 43
- ISSN:
- 0002-7863
- Format(s):
- Medium: X Size: p. 29645-29655
- Size(s):
- p. 29645-29655
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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