Oxynitrilases for asymmetric C-C bond formation

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 103-109

  Johnson, Dean V ^a   Zabelinskaja Mackova, Antonina A ^a   Griengl, Herfried ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYANOHYDRIN; OXYNITRILASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYST; CHEMICAL BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL DRUG SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0033976144     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(99)00059-9     Document Type: Review

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