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    Curr Biol. 1997 Nov 1;7(11):R682-5.

    Signaling mechanistics: aluminum fluoride for molecule of the year.

    Wittinghofer A.

    Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Rheinlanddamm 201, 44139 Dortmund, Germany.

    Recent three-dimensional structures of phosphoryl transfer enzymes in their aluminum fluoride bound state and corresponding biochemical data have shown how diverse biological problems can be investigated using this small inorganic molecule.

    PMID: 9382787 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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