Organic synthesis using biocatalytically generated intermediates

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-76

  Johnson, Carl R ^a   Wells, Gregory W ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS;

EID: 0031994437     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(98)80038-0     Document Type: Article

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