Properties and applications of urease

Biocatalysis and Biotransformation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-14

  Qin, Yingjie ^a   Cabral, Joaquim M S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Applications; pH control or shift; Properties; Review; Urea biosensor; Urea hydrolytic kinetics; Urea removal; Urease

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYMES; HEMODIALYZERS; HYDROLYSIS; UREA;

ENZYMOLOGY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

6 AMINOPENICILLANIC ACID; ACETAMIDE; AMMONIA; ARGININE; BORIC ACID; BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CREATININE; FERTILIZER; FLUORIDE; FORMAMIDE; HEAVY METAL; HYDROXAMIC ACID; HYDROXYUREA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLUREA; N (3 METHYL 2 BUTENYL)PHOSPHORIC TRIAMIDE; N BENZOYLPHOSPHOTRIAMIDE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PENICILLIN ACYLASE; PHOSPHORAMIDIC ACID; SEMICARBAZIDE; THIOACETAMIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; THIOUREA DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; UREA; UREASE; UREASE INHIBITOR; WATER;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DIALYSATE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG INACTIVATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYMIC BIOSENSOR; ENZYMOLOGY; FUTUROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS KINETICS; MICROCLIMATE; MICROENCAPSULATION; PH; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOLVENT EFFECT; SPACE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036184268     PISSN: 10242422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242420210154     Document Type: Review

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