Screening for novel enzymes from metagenome and SIGEX, as a way to improve it

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Yun, Jiae ^a,b   Ryu, Sangryeol ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOCATALYST; CATABOLISM; CLONE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INDUSTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PROCESS DESIGN; REVIEW;

EID: 26844572199     PISSN: 14752859     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-4-8     Document Type: Review

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