Controlling chirality

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 401-406

  Turner, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; SOLVENT;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0041430558     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(03)00093-4     Document Type: Review

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