Functionalized dendritic polybenzylethers as acid/base buffers for biocatalysis in nonpolar solvents

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 278-282

  Dolman, Mark ^a   Hailing, Peter J ^a   Moore, Barry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chymotrypsin; Dendrimers; Enzyme; Low water; Organic phase buffers; Subtilisin Carlsberg

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; IONIZATION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS; TOLUENE;

CHYMOTRYPSIN; DENDRITIC POLYBENZYLETHERS; SUBTILISIN CARLSBERG;

POLYETHERS;

BUFFER; CHYMOTRYPSIN A; SUBTILISIN;

ACID BASE BALANCE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL FUNCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FREEZE DRYING; NONHUMAN; PROTON TRANSPORT; SOLUBILIZATION;

EID: 0342813132     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19970720)55:2<278::AID-BIT5>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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