Evolutionary biotechnology - Theory, facts and perspectives

Acta Biotechnologica

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-17

  Schuster, P ^a,b  

^a FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; RIBOZYME;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; RNA REPLICATION; RNA SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0029980793     PISSN: 01384988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/abio.370160102     Document Type: Review

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