Answering the question: 'Why did biocatalysis in organic media not take off in the 1930s?' (multiple letters)

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 85-86

  Klibanov, Alexander M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CATALYSIS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0033952209     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7799(99)01404-3     Document Type: Letter

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