A cloned bacterial enzyme for nerve agent decontamination

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 597-601

  Cheng, Tu Chen ^a   Calomiris, Jon J ^a  

^a US Army Edgewood Res Devmt E   (United States)

Author keywords

Alteromonas sp. JD6.5; Ammonium carbonate; Chemical agents; Cloned OPA anhydrolase; Decontamination

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; CLONING; DECONTAMINATION; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GENES; HYDROLYSIS; PHOSPHATES; POTABLE WATER;

AMMONIUM CARBONATE; ANHYDROLASES; CHEMICAL NERVE AGENT; FLUOROPHOSPHATES; GENE ENCODING; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS ACID;

ENZYMES;

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BUFFER; DRINKING WATER; DYFLOS; HYDROLASE; NEUROTOXIN; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREEZE DRYING; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN;

ALTEROMONAS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030175926     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0141-0229(95)00152-2     Document Type: Article

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