African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Functional and catalytic active sites prediction and docking analysis of azoreductase enzyme in Pseudomonas putida with a variety of commercially available azodyes

Bikash Thakuria,
  • Bikash Thakuria,
  • Bioinformatics Centre, Department of Biotechnology, St. Edmund?s College, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
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Chandra J Singha,
  • Chandra J Singha,
  • Bioinformatics Centre, Department of Biotechnology, St. Edmund?s College, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
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Premchand Maisnam
  • Premchand Maisnam
  • Bioinformatics Centre, Department of Biotechnology, St. Edmund?s College, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
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Samrat Adhikari*
  • Samrat Adhikari*
  • Bioinformatics Centre, Department of Biotechnology, St. Edmund?s College, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
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  •  Received: 06 May 2015
  •  Accepted: 29 June 2015
  •  Published: 30 July 2015

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