Cellulase activities in biomass conversion: Measurement methods and comparison

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 302-309

  Dashtban, Mehdi ^a   Maki, Miranda ^a   Leung, Kam Tin ^a   Mao, Canquan ^b   Qin, Wensheng ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bioconversion; Biofuel; biomass; cellulase; cellulase assays

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS CONVERSION; CELLOBIOHYDROLASES; CELLULASE; CELLULASE ACTIVITY; CELLULASE ASSAYS; COMMONLY USED; ENDOGLUCANASES; ENZYME ASSAYS; GLUCOSE MOLECULES; GLYCOSIDIC BOND; HYDROLYTIC ENZYME; MEASUREMENT METHODS; ORGANIC MOLECULES; PLANT MATERIAL; SYNERGISTIC MANNER;

ASSAYS; BIOCONVERSION; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOMOLECULES; CATALYSTS; CELLULOSE; ENZYMES; GLUCOSE;

ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS;

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; BIOPOLYMER; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULASE; CELLULASE; EXOGLUCANASE; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; PEROXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPEROMETRIC BIOSENSOR; AUTOANALYSIS; BIOMASS CONVERSION; COLORIMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLULASE; ENZYME ASSAYS;

EID: 78449277480     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2010.490938     Document Type: Review

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