Interspecies differences in the enantioselectivity of epoxide hydrolases in Cryptococcus laurentii (Kufferath) C.E. Skinner and Cryptococcus podzolicus (Bab'jeva & Reshetova) Golubev

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-33

  Botes, Adriana L ^a,b   Lotter, Jeanette ^a,b   Rhode, Owen H J ^c   Botha, Alfred ^c  

^a CSIR Bio/Chemtek   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus laurentii; Cryptococcus podzolicus; Epoxide hydrolases; Epoxides; Soil

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; ETHYLENE OXIDE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS; TAXONOMY; YEAST;

CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS PODZOLICUS;

EID: 12744261101     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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