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August 22, 2011 Cover
Volume 89, Issue 34
COVER: A nitrogen atom (blue) in the anesthetic etomidate (yellow) interacts with the heme group (orange) in this model of 11β-hydroxylase, which suggests a way to remove an etomidate side effect.
Volume 89, Issue 34
Chemistry informs the quest to understand anesthetics and make them better
COVER: A nitrogen atom (blue) in the anesthetic etomidate (yellow) interacts with the heme group (orange) in this model of 11β-hydroxylase, which suggests a way to remove an etomidate side effect.
Credit: Keith Miller, S. Shanmugasundararaj
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August 22, 2011 Issue
Volume 89, Issue 34
August 22, 2011 Issue, Vol. 89 | Iss. 34
Chemistry informs the quest to understand anesthetics and make them better
(pp. 13-20)
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