Engineering a thermo-stable superoxide dismutase functional at sub-zero to >50°C, which also tolerates autoclaving

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kumar, Arun ^a   Dutt, Som ^a   Bagler, Ganesh ^a   Ahuja, Paramvir Singh ^a   Kumar, Sanjay ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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EID: 84860435050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00387     Document Type: Article

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