Directed evolution of industrial enzymes: An update

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 438-443

  Cherry, Joel R ^a   Fidantsef, Ana L ^a  

^a Novozymes Biotech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CELLULASE; DETERGENT; FUNGAL ENZYME; INDUSTRIAL ENZYME; ISOENZYME; LACCASE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PHYTASE; PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT DNA; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLOSTRIDIUM; COST; DNA RECOMBINATION; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LIQUEFACTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOLVENT EFFECT; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOSTABILITY; TRICHODERMA REESEI;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; HYPOCREA JECORINA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 0042432086     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(03)00099-5     Document Type: Review

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