Use of chitosan membrane from the carapace of the soldier crab Mictyris brevidactylus for biosensor construction

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-125

  Hsieh, Bo Chuan ^a   Cheng, Tzong Jih ^a   Wang, Tzu Yu ^a   Chen, Richie L C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Chitosan; Mictyris

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; BRACHYURA; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; ELECTRODES; ENZYMES, IMMOBILIZED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; GLUCOSE; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MICTYRIDAE; MICTYRIS; MICTYRIS BREVIDACTYLUS;

EID: 0038781816     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-002-0094-x     Document Type: Article

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