Crystal structure of enoyl–acyl carrier protein reductase (FabK) from Streptococcus pneumoniae reveals the binding mode of an inhibitor
✍ Scribed by Jun Saito; Mototsugu Yamada; Takashi Watanabe; Maiko Iida; Hideo Kitagawa; Sho Takahata; Tomohiro Ozawa; Yasuo Takeuchi; Fukuichi Ohsawa
- Book ID
- 111753144
- Publisher
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 666 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0961-8368
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