Estimation of endoglucanase and lysozyme effective diffusion coefficients in polysulphone membranes

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 77-83

  Varzakas, Theodore ^a   Escudero, Isabel ^b   Economou, Ioannis G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^c Institute of Physical Chemistry   (Greece)

Author keywords

Effective diffusion coefficients; Endoglucanase; Lysozyme; Polysulphone membranes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POLYSULFONES;

ENDOGLUCANASE; LYSOZYME;

ENZYME KINETICS;

GLUCAN SYNTHASE; LYSOZYME; POLYSULFONE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033049095     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(99)00095-4     Document Type: Article

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