Commodity scale production of sugars from starches

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 252-256

  Crabb, W Douglas ^a   Shetty, Jay K ^a  

^a GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCOSE ISOMERASE; STARCH; SUGAR; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METHODOLOGY; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 0033151659     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(99)80044-7     Document Type: Article

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