A note on the estimation of microbial glycosidase activities by dinitrosalicylic acid reagent

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 732-735

  Sengupta, S ^a   Jana, M L ^a   Sengupta, D ^a   Naskar, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BETA AMYLASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CELLULASE; DINITROSALICYLIC ACID; DISACCHARIDE; GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCOSE; MALTOSE; MICROBIAL ENZYME; MONOSACCHARIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PANOSE; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; STACHYOSE; SUCRASE; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; REDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

AGARICALES; ARSENATES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MOLYBDENUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALICYLIC ACIDS;

EID: 0033949359     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530000327     Document Type: Article

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