Biocatalysis and biotransformation: Probing the potential usefulness and the mechanisms of action of some novel biocatalysts

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-105

  Hauer, Bernhard ^a   Roberts, Stanley M ^b  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CYTOCHROME P450; ENZYME; EPHEDRINE; ESTERASE; GLYCOPEPTIDE; HYDROLASE; PENICILLIN G; PEROXIDASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

BEVERAGE; BIOCATALYST; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; DRUG INDUSTRY; EDITORIAL; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; LEATHER INDUSTRY; PH; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE; YEAST;

EID: 1842479434     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2004.02.013     Document Type: Editorial

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