Amorphous enzyme aggregates: Stability toward heat and aqueous-organic cosolvent mixtures

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 348-354

  Tyagi, Renu ^a   Batra, Renu ^a   Gupta, Munishwar N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CROSSLINKING; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ENZYME AGGREGATES;

ENZYMES;

ACETONITRILE; ACID PHOSPHATASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CATECHOL OXIDASE; DIOXANE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TETRAHYDROFURAN; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME STABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0033120404     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0229(98)00131-8     Document Type: Article

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