Activity staining method of chitinase on chitin agar plate through polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-90

  Gohel, Vipul ^a   Vyas, Pranav ^a   Chhatpar, H S ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Activity staining; Chitinase; Dyes; Sensitivity; Stability

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AGAR; BUFFER; CALCOFLUOR; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CONGO RED; DYE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; POLYACRYLAMIDE; RHODAMINE B; RUTHENIUM RED; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INCUBATION TIME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAINING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 18244392195     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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