The search for the ideal biocatalyst

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-45

  Burton, Stephanie G ^a   Cowan, Don A ^b,c   Woodley, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MUTAGENESIS;

DESIGNER ENZYMES;

BIOCATALYSTS;

BIOCATALYST; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EVOLUTION; INDUSTRY; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; TURNOVER TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; DNA; ENZYMES; HUMANS; KINETICS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036138482     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0102-37     Document Type: Review

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