Extremozymes

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-46

  Hough, David W ^a   Danson, Michael J ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYST; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; REVIEW;

EID: 0033055662     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(99)80008-8     Document Type: Article

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