Engineering cytochrome P450s for bioremediation

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 274-278

  Kellner, David G ^a   Maves, Shelley A ^a   Sligar, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 REDUCTASE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

BIODEGRADATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030918730     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(97)80003-1     Document Type: Article

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