G-type nerve agent decontamination by Alteromonas prolidase

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 864, Issue , 1998, Pages 253-258

  Cheng, Tu Chen ^a   Rastogi, Vipin K ^b   Defrank, Joseph J ^a   Sawiris, Gamil P ^a  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; NERVE GAS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PROLINE DIPEPTIDASE; SARIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SOMAN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DETOXIFICATION; HYDROLYSIS;

ALTEROMONAS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032443546     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10316.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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