Microcapsules made by enzymatically tailored alginate

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 540-550

  Strand, Berit L ^a,b   Mørch, Yrr A ^a   Syvertsen, Kjersti R ^a   Espevik, Terje ^b   Skjåk Bræk, Gudmund ^a  

^a Department of Biotechnology ^*  (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alginate; Mannuronan epimerase; Microcapsules

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COPOLYMERS; DIFFUSION; ENCAPSULATION; ENZYMES;

OSMOTIC STABILITY;

BIOMATERIALS;

ALGINIC ACID; BARIUM DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM ALGINATE; COPOLYMER; EPIMERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL ENCAPSULATION; DIFFUSION; EPIMERIZATION; MICROENCAPSULATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0038129273     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.10337     Document Type: Article

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