Novel threonine aldolases and their application to stereospecific synthesis of β-hydroxy-α-amino acids

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 864, Issue , 1998, Pages 318-322

  Kataoka, Michihiko ^a   Wada, Masaru ^a   Ikemi, Masahisa ^b   Morikawa, Tadashi ^b   Miyoshi, Teruzo ^b   Shimizu, Sakayu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DENKA COMPANY LIMITED   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; THREONINE;

AEROMONAS; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTHROBACTER; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; STEREOISOMERISM;

AEROMONAS; ARTHROBACTER;

EID: 0032419349     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10330.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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