Evolution of enzyme catalysts caged in biomimetic gel-shell beads

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 791-796

  Fischlechner, Martin ^a,b   Schaerli, Yolanda ^a   Mohamed, Mark F ^a   Patil, Santosh ^a   Abell, Chris ^a   Hollfelder, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEL; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

BIOMIMETICS; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; GEL; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS;

BIOMIMETICS; CATALYSIS; GELS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES;

EID: 84906549486     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1996     Document Type: Article

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