Development and industrialisation of enzymatic shrink-resist process based on modified proteases for wool machine washability

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1656-1661

  Shen, Jinsong ^a   Rushforth, Mike ^b   Cavaco Paulo, Artur ^c   Guebitz, Georg ^d   Lenting, Herman ^e  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Global Textile Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemical modification; Protease; Shrink resistance; Wool

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; SHRINKPROOFING (TEXTILES); TEXTILE MACHINERY;

CUTICLE CELLS; ENZYMATIC TREATMENTS; FIBRE DAMAGE; PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES;

WOOL;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FIBER; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; WOOL;

ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; FELTING; FINISHING; SHRINK PROOFING; WOOL;

EID: 34247549200     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2006.07.034     Document Type: Article

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