Improving CO2 fixation by enhancing rubisco performance

Directed Enzyme Evolution: Advances and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 101-126

  Wilson, Robert H ^a   Whitney, Spencer M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CATALYTIC CHEMISTRY; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; DIRECTED EVOLUTION; DIRECTED EVOLUTION TECHNOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ENZYMES; SELECTION SYSTEMS; STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 85019887352     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-50413-1_4     Document Type: Chapter

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