Production of highly efficient enzymes for flax retting by Rhizomucor pusillus

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 68, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 115-123

  Henriksson, Gunnar ^a,b   Akin, Danny E ^b   Slomczynski, David ^a   Eriksson, Karl Erik L ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Flax; Pectinase; Retting; Rhizomucor pusillus

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FUNGI; PLANT CELL CULTURE; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

FLAX RETTING; OXALIC ACID; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE POLYACRYLAMINE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (SDS-PAGE);

ENZYME KINETICS;

CELLULASE; FLAXZYME; PECTINESTERASE; POLYGALACTURONASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG MANUFACTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAX; FUNGUS CULTURE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOMUCOR; TECHNIQUE;

LINUM USITATISSIMUM; RHIZOMUCOR PUSILLUS;

EID: 0032995005     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(98)00192-8     Document Type: Article

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