Synthesis of an antiviral drug precursor from chitin using a saprophyte as a whole-cell catalyst

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Steiger, Matthias G ^a,b   Mach Aigner, Astrid R ^a   Gorsche, Rita ^a   Rosenberg, Erwin E ^a   Mihovilovic, Marko D ^a   Mach, Robert L ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b AUSTRIAN CENTRE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CHITIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; EPIMERASE; HEXOSAMINE; LYASE; N ACETYLMANNOSAMINE; N ACETYLNEURAMINATE SYNTHASE; N ACYL D GLUCOSAMINE 2 EPIMERASE; N-ACETYLMANNOSAMINE; N-ACETYLNEURAMINATE SYNTHASE; N-ACYL-D-GLUCOSAMINE 2-EPIMERASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HYPOCREA JECORINA; LIQUID CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRECURSOR; SAPROTROPH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANABAENA; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HYPOCREA; METABOLISM; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HYPOCREA; HYPOCREA JECORINA;

ANABAENA; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHITIN; HEXOSAMINES; HYPOCREA; OXO-ACID-LYASES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

EID: 82655183779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-10-102     Document Type: Article

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