New enzymes for biotransformations

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-187

  Faber, Kurt ^a   Kroutil, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID; AZIDE; BENZALDEHYDE; BENZOIN; CARBON; CARBOXYLYASE; CYANIDE; ENZYME; EPIMERASE; EPOXIDE; HALOALCOHOL DEHALOGENASE; LYASE; NITRITE; SULFATASE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; METHODOLOGY; RACEMIC MIXTURE; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 16244380464     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.01.001     Document Type: Review

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