Enzymatic galactosylation of cello- and chito-oligomers

Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-49

  Streicher, Harald ^a   Scheel, Oliver ^a   Thiem, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cello oligomers; Chito oligomers; Enzyme catalysis; Galactosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

EID: 45949104908     PISSN: 07328303     EISSN: 15322327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07328300802030779     Document Type: Article

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