Combinatorial biocatalysis: Taking the lead from Nature

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 130-136

  Altreuter, David H ^a   Clark, Douglas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ENZYME; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

AUTOMATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; DERIVATIZATION; DNA LIBRARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032995634     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(99)80022-6     Document Type: Article

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