Directed evolution of enantioselective enzymes for organic chemistry

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 68-73

  Jaeger, Karl Erich ^a   Reetz, Manfred T ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

BACTERIAL MUTATION; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENANTIOMER; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0033976143     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(99)00054-X     Document Type: Review

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