Extreme thermophiles: Moving beyond single-enzyme biocatalysis

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 363-372

  Frock, Andrew D ^a   Kelly, Robert M ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE ENGINEERING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

ENZYME BIOCATALYSIS; EXTREME THERMOPHILE; GENOME SEQUENCE DATA; GENOME SEQUENCES; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEW APPLICATIONS; THERMOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS;

ENZYMES;

EID: 84874111513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2012.07.003     Document Type: Review

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