The efficiency of recombinant Escherichia coli as biocatalyst for stereospecific epoxidation

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 501-512

  Park, Jin Byung ^a,d   Bühler, Bruno ^b   Habicher, Tilo ^c   Hauer, Bernhard ^c   Panke, Sven ^a   Witholt, Bernard ^c   Schmid, Andreas ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

^d Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biocatalysis; Epoxidation; Membrane permeabilization; Oxygenase; Productivity

Indexed keywords

BIOCATALYSTS; CATALYSIS; CELLS; ENZYMES; GENES; PRODUCTIVITY; TOXICITY;

BIOCATALYSIS; EPOXIDATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILIZATION; OXYGENASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACETIC ACID; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; STYRENE; STYRENE OXIDE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOCATALYST; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DENSITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPOXIDATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; STEREOSPECIFICITY; TOXICITY;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VECTORS; KINETICS; OXYGENASES; STYRENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 33749365932     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21037     Document Type: Article

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