Microbial transformation of epoxides

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-26

  Swaving, Jelto ^a,b   De Bont, Jan A M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biotransformation; Enantioselective degradation; Epoxide hydrolase; Epoxides; Glutathione transferase; Styrene oxide isomerase; Xanthobacter Py2

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; ETHERS;

ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL ACTIVITY;

BIOCONVERSION;

EPOXIDE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENANTIOMER; MICROORGANISM; RACEMIC MIXTURE; REVIEW;

XANTHOBACTER;

EID: 0031962405     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0229(97)00097-5     Document Type: Article

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