The use of enzymes in the chemical industry in Europe

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 359-366

  Schmid, Andreas ^a   Hollmann, Frank ^a   Park, Jin Byung ^a   Bühler, Bruno ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENZYME;

BIOCATALYST; BIOPROCESS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EUROPE; MARKETING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0036669430     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(02)00336-1     Document Type: Review

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