A novel hydrophilic support, CoFoam, for enzyme immobilization

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 473-477

  Vasudevan, P T ^a   Lopez Cortes N ^b   Caswell, H ^c   Reyes Duarte, D ^b   Plou, F J ^b   Ballesteros, A ^b   Como, K ^a   Thomson, T ^c  

^a Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE CATÁLISIS Y PETROLEOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

^c Hydrophilix Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

CoFoam; Composites; Covalent immobilization; Lipase activity; Polyurethane

Indexed keywords

IMMOBILIZED ENZYME; POLYURETHAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CANDIDA; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; KINETICS; MUCOR; PANCREAS; PRESSURE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; CANDIDA; CATALYSIS; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMES, IMMOBILIZED; KINETICS; LIPASE; MUCOR; PANCREAS; POLYURETHANES; PRESSURE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ANTARCTICA; MUCOR; RHIZOMUCOR MIEHEI; SUIDAE;

EID: 11144354397     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BILE.0000019553.26201.04     Document Type: Article

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