Nitrile hydrolases

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-102

  Kobayashi, Michihiko ^a   Shimizu, Sakayu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; HYDROLASE; NICOTINAMIDE; NITRILE; NITRILE HYDRATASE;

ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND VARIABILITY; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033952560     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(99)00058-7     Document Type: Review

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