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. 1968 Nov;61(3):1021–1027. doi: 10.1073/pnas.61.3.1021

Mechanism of the enzymic reduction of N2: the binding of adenosine 5'-triphosphate and cyanide to the N2-reducing system.

P T Bui, L E Mortenson
PMCID: PMC305430  PMID: 5246539

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