Recent advances in rational approaches for enzyme engineering

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages e201209010-

  Steiner, Kerstin ^a   Schwab, Helmut ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Artificial metalloenzymes; De novo enzyme design; Promiscuous enzymes; Protein engineering; Rational design; Structure guided engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887026071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20010370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5936/csbj.201209010     Document Type: Article

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