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Shuke Wu1, Radka Snajdrova2, Jeffrey C Moore3

  • 1Institute of Biochemistry, Dept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Greifswald University, Felix-Hausdorff-Strasse 4, 17487, Greifswald, Germany.

Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English)
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PubMed

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biocatalysisenzyme catalysisindustrial catalysisorganic synthesisstereoselectivity

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