Increasing the tolerance of organophosphorus hydrolase to bleach

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 250-254

  LeJeune, Keith E ^a   Swers, Jeffrey S ^b   Hetro, Amy D ^b   Donahey, Glenn P ^b   Russell, Alan J ^b  

^a Agentase LLC   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Hypochlorite bleach; Nerve agent; Organophosphorus hydrolase

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLEACHING; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORINATION; FOAMED PLASTICS; PH EFFECTS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYURETHANES;

CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE BLEACH; DENATURATION; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS HYDROLASE;

ENZYMES;

BLEACHING AGENT; HYDROLASE; HYPOCHLORITE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CHEMICAL WARFARE; COVALENT BOND; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DENATURATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; OXIDATION; PH; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 0033587787     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19990720)64:2<250::AID-BIT14>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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