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Monitoring the Reductive and Oxidative Half-Reactions of a Flavin-Dependent Monooxygenase using Stopped-Flow Spectrophotometry
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Monitoring the Reductive and Oxidative Half-Reactions of a Flavin-Dependent Monooxygenase using Stopped-Flow Spectrophotometry

Published on: March 18, 2012

Hydroperoxyflavin-mediated oxidations of organosulfur compounds. Model studies for the flavin monooxygenase

D R Doerge, M D Corbett

    Molecular Pharmacology
    |September 1, 1984
    PubMed

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