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General references on structure and function of iron-sulphur proteins

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Books

  1. Crichton, R.R. (1991) Inorganic Biochemistry of Iron Metabolism. Ellis Horwood, New York.
  2. Lovenberg, W., Ed. (1973a) Iron-sulfur proteins, Vol. I: Biological Principles. Academic Press, New York - London.
  3. Lovenberg, W., Ed. (1973b) Iron-sulfur proteins, Vol. II: Molecular Properties. Academic Press, New York - London.
  4. Lovenberg, W., Ed. (1977) Iron-sulfur proteins, Vol. III: Storage and Metabolic Mechanisms. Academic Press, New York - San Francisco - London.
  5. Matsubara, H., Katsube, Y. and Wada, K., Eds. (1986) Iron-sulfur protein research. Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo and Springer­Verlag, Berlin.
  6. Spiro, T.G., Ed. (1982) Iron-sulfur proteins. Wiley, New York.
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