Industrial enzyme applications.

@article{Kirk2002IndustrialEA,
  title={Industrial enzyme applications.},
  author={Ole Kirk and Torben Vedel Borchert and Claus Crone Fuglsang},
  journal={Current opinion in biotechnology},
  year={2002},
  volume={13 4},
  pages={
          345-51
        }
}
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