Developments in nitrile and amide biotransformation processes

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 561-569

  Velankar, Harshad ^a   Clarke, Kim G ^a   Preez, Ryne du ^a   Cowan, Don A ^b   Burton, Stephanie G ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTRANSFORMATION PROCESS; CELL EXTRACTS; COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT; DRIVING FORCES; EFFICIENT PROCESS; IMMOBILIZATION MATRICES; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; SCALE-UP; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS; WHOLE CELL;

AMIDES; BIOCATALYSTS; CYANIDES;

BIOCONVERSION;

AMIDE; CELL EXTRACT; ENZYME; NITRILE;

BIOCATALYST; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); IMMOBILIZATION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMIDES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENZYMES; NITRILES;

EID: 77957814926     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2010.08.004     Document Type: Review

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