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General references on Bioinorganic Chemistry

Reviews and original papers

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Journals

  1. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics
  2. BioMetals [ISSN 0966-0844]
  3. Coordination Chemistry Reviews [ISSN 0010-8545]
  4. Inorganica Chimica Acta [ISSN 0020-1693]
  5. Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions [ISSN 0300-9246 (printed version); ISSN 1364-5447 (online version)]
  6. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry [ISSN 0949-8257 (printed version); ISSN 1432-1327 (online version)]
  7. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry [ISSN 0162-0134]
  8. Metal-Based Drugs
  9. Nitric Oxide: Biology and Chemistry [ISSN 1089-8603].

Books

  1. Berthon, G., Ed. (1995) Handbook of Metal-Ligand Interactions in Biological Fluids. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York - Basel.
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  6. Cowan, J.A. (1993) Inorganic Biochemistry: An Introduction. VCH Publishers, New York.
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  22. Shilov, A.E. (1997) Metal Complexes in Biomimetic Chemical Reactions. Springer­Verlag, Berlin.
  23. Thomson, A.J. and Gray, H.B., Eds. (1998) Special Issue: Bio­Inorganic chemistry. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. vol. 2, no. 2.
  24. Trautwein, A. Bioinorganic Chemistry: Transition Metals in Biology and Their Coordination Chemistry. Wiley.
  25. Valentine, J.S. and O'Halloran, T.V. (1999) Special Issue: Bio­Inorganic chemistry. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. vol. 3, no. 2.
  26. Williams, R.J.P., Ed. (1998) Bioinorganic Chemistry: Trace Element Evolution from Anaerobes to Aerobes. Structure and Bonding 91.
  27. Williams, R.J.P. and Frausto da Silva, J.J.R. (1996) The Natural Selection of the Chemical Elements. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  28. Winkelmann, G. and Winge, D.R. (1994) Metal Ions in Fungi. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York - Basel.

Nobel Prizes

  1. Bragg, W.H. and Bragg, W.L. (Physics 1915) "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X­rays".
  2. Cram, D.J., Lehn, J.­M. and Pedersen, C.J. (Chemistry 1987) "for their development and use of molecules with structure­specific interactions of high selectivity".
  3. Crowfoot Hodgkin, D. (Chemistry 1964) "for her determinations by X­ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances".
  4. Deisenhofer, J., Huber, R. and Michel, H. (Chemistry 1988) "for the determination of the three­dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre".
  5. Fischer, H. (Chemistry 1930) "for his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of haemin".
  6. Furchgott, R.F., Ignarro, L.J. and Murad, F. (Physiology or Medicine 1998) "for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system".
  7. Karrer, P. (Chemistry 1937) "for his investigations on carotenoids, flavins and vitamins A and B2".
  8. Kuhn, R. (Chemistry 1938) "for his work on carotenoids and vitamins".
  9. Mitchell, P. (Chemistry 1978) "for his contribution to the understanding of biological energy transfer through the formulation of the chemiosmotic theory".
  10. Perutz, M.F. and Kendrew, J.C. (Chemistry 1962) "for their studies of the structures of globular proteins".
  11. Skou, J.C. (Chemistry 1997) "for the first discovery of an ion­transporting enzyme, Na+, K+­ATPase".
  12. Szent-Györgyi, A., von (Physiology or Medicine 1937) "for his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion processes, with special reference to vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid".
  13. Theorell, A.H.T. (Physiology or Medicine 1955) "for his discoveries concerning the nature and mode of action of oxidation enzymes".
  14. Todd, A.R. (Chemistry 1957) "for his work on nucleotides and nucleotide co­enzymes".
  15. Warburg, O.H. (Physiology or Medicine 1931) "for his discovery of the nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme".
  16. Willstätter, R.M. (Chemistry 1915) "for his researches on plant pigments, especially chlorophyll".
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