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Volume 23, 2002 - Issue 6
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Original Articles

Probing the Mechanism of Coenzyme B 12 : Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Molecular Modeling of Coenzyme B 12 Model Compounds

Virginia B. Pett Department of Chemistry, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, 44691, USA
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Anne E. Fischer Department of Chemistry, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, 44691, USA
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Gary K. Dudley Department of Chemistry, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, 44691, USA
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David E. Zacharias The Institute for Cancer Research, The Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, 19111, USA
Pages 385-400 | Published online: 14 Sep 2010

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