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An engineered PET depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles

Vincent Tournier, Christopher M. Topham, A. Gilles, Benoît David, C. Folgoas, E. Moya-Leclair, E. Kamionka, Marie-Laure Desrousseaux, Hélène Texier, Sabine Gavalda,

Nature · 2020 · 2.1K citations · 26 references

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Roland Geyer, Jenna Jambeck, Kara Lavender Law · Science Advances · 2017 · 17.6K citations · Full text

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A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Shosuke Yoshida, Kazumi Hiraga, Toshihiko Takehana et al. · Science · 2016 · 3.2K citations

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Characterization and engineering of a plastic-degrading aromatic polyesterase

Harry P. Austin, Mark D. Allen, Bryon S. Donohoe et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Recycling of PET

Firas Awaja, Dumitru Pavel · European Polymer Journal · 2005 · 1K citations

Structural insight into molecular mechanism of poly(ethylene terephthalate) degradation

Seongjoon Joo, In Jin Cho, Hogyun Seo et al. · Nature Communications · 2018 · 795 citations · Full text

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