Soil-based gene discovery: A new technology to accelerate and broaden biocatalytic applications

Advances in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-27

  Gray, Kevin A ^a   Richardson, Toby H ^a   Robertson, Dan E ^a   Swanson, Paul E ^b   Subramanian, Mani V ^b  

^a DIVERSA CORPORATION   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHIRAL AMINO ACID; ESTERASE; HALOALKANE DEHALOGENASE; HYDROXYACID; NITRILASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCATALYST; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL SCREENING; CHIRALITY; DNA LIBRARY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM SCREENING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL BASED GENE DISCOVERY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0041973514     PISSN: 00652164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2164(03)01001-3     Document Type: Article

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