Biodegradation of ornithine-containing polylysine hydrogels

Biomaterials

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 1855-1860

  Ohkawa, Kousaku ^a   Kitsuki, Tomohiro ^a   Amaike, Masato ^a   Saitoh, Hideki ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Cationic poly(amino acid); Microorganism; Protease; Regulation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ENZYMES; FUNGI; HYDROGELS; HYDROLYSIS; MICROORGANISMS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; POLYPEPTIDES;

ORNITHINE; POLYLYSINE;

BIOMATERIALS;

ORNITHINE; POLYLYSINE; PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BIODEGRADATION; CLADOSPORIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS; HYDROGEL; MICROORGANISM; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOPUS; TRICHODERMA;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CATIONS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DRUG STABILITY; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FUNGI; HYDROGELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORNITHINE; POLYLYSINE; TRYPSIN;

EID: 0032191319     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(98)00091-X     Document Type: Article

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