Revisiting microbial keratinases: Next generation proteases for sustainable biotechnology

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 216-228

  Gupta, Rani ^a   Sharma, Richa ^a   Beg, Qasim K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Feather; Keratin; Keratinase; Prion decontamination; Protease

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION MECHANISM; FEATHER; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; KERATINASE; MOLECULAR PROPERTIES; PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS; PROTEASE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DECONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; KERATIN; RESEARCH;

SUBSTRATES;

KERATIN; KERATINASE;

ASPERGILLUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM INDOLOGENES; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; CTENOMYCES; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; STENOTROPHOMONAS; STREPTOMYCES ALBUS; VIBRIO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; KERATINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84876981584     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2012.685051     Document Type: Review

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