Enzymes from extremophiles

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 144-151

  Demirjian, David C ^a,b   Morís Varas, Francisco ^a   Cassidy, Constance S ^b  

^a ThermoGen Inc   (United States)

^b DeCODE Chemistry & Biostructures   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; GLYCOSIDASE; INDUSTRIAL ENZYME; NITRILE HYDRATASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PEPTIDASE; PROTEINASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ADAPTATION; BIOCATALYST; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STABILITY; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; REVIEW; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0035313249     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(00)00183-6     Document Type: Review

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