Biocatalytic conversion of epoxides

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 414-420

  De Vries, Erik J ^a   Janssen, Dick B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; EPOXIDE; EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; HALOALCOHOL; HYDROLASE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; COVALENT BOND; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; ENZYME MECHANISM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; RACEMIC MIXTURE; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS; RING OPENING;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; NEGIBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS;

EID: 0041430552     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(03)00102-2     Document Type: Review

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