Aromatic hydrocarbon dioxygenases in environmental biotechnology

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 236-243

  Gibson, David T ^a   Parales, Rebecca E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; OXYGENASE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL TREATMENT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034029015     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(00)00090-2     Document Type: Review

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