Current advances in design and engineering strategies of industrial enzymes

Systems Microbiology and Biomanufacturing

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2021, Pages 15-23

  Dinmukhamed, Tanatarov ^a   Huang, Ziyang ^a   Liu, Yanfeng ^a   Lv, Xueqin ^a   Li, Jianghua ^a   Du, Guocheng ^a   Liu, Long ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

De novo design; Design strategies; Enzymes; Protein engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 85105261401     PISSN: 26627655     EISSN: 26627663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s43393-020-00005-9     Document Type: Review

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