Anaerobic dehalogenases

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 290-295

  Wohlfarth, Gert ^a   Diekert, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; DEHALOGENATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030911537     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(97)80006-7     Document Type: Article

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