Biocatalyst development by directed evolution

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 115, Issue , 2012, Pages 117-125

  Wang, Meng ^a   Si, Tong ^a   Zhao, Huimin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocatalysis; Directed evolution; Enzyme engineering; High throughput screening

Indexed keywords

BIOCATALYSIS; BIOCATALYST DEVELOPMENT; BULK CHEMICALS; CHEMICAL PROCESS; DIRECTED EVOLUTION; ENZYME ENGINEERING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MUTANT LIBRARIES; NATURALLY OCCURRING;

BIOCATALYSTS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

ENZYMES;

CYTOCHROME P450; EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; ESTERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROLASE; ISOMERASE; LIGASE; LYASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA LIGASE; TRANSFERASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; THERMOREGULATION;

ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; ARTICLE; BIOCATALYST; CELERY; CELL TRANSPORT; ENZYME ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PLEUROTUS ERYNGII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS;

BIOCATALYSIS; BIOMASS; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENZYMES;

EID: 84862807289     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.01.054     Document Type: Article

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