Studies leading to the large scale synthesis of polyesters using enzymes

Journal of the Chemical Society - Perkin Transactions 1

Volumn , Issue 19, 1999, Pages 2671-2676

  Binns, Falmai ^a   Harffey, Paul ^a   Roberts, Stanley M ^b   Taylor, Alan ^b  

^a Boxenden Chemicals Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000250586     PISSN: 0300922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a904889h     Document Type: Article

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