The use of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to assay for urease from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Canavalia ensiformis

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 331, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-121

  Karmali, K ^a   Karmali, A ^a   Teixeira, A ^b   Marcelo Curto, M J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b INETI   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Enzyme activity; Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR); Hydrolysis; Urea; Urease from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Canavalia ensiformis

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; BACTERIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEAVY WATER; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; UREA;

CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS; ENZYME CONCENTRATIONS; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; LINEWEAVER-BURK PLOTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; SPECTRO-PHOTOMETRIC METHOD;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

BICARBONATE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHATE; UREA; UREASE;

ARTICLE; CANAVALIA; CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME KINETICS; HYDROLYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CANAVALIA; CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 3042794573     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-2697(04)00360-4     Document Type: Article

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