A fast, sensitive and easy colorimetric assay for chitinase and cellulase activity detection

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ferrari, Alessandro R ^a   Gaber, Yasser ^a,b   Fraaije, Marco W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Beni Suef University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Cellulose; Chitin; Chitinase; Chito oligosaccharide oxidase; Colorimetric assay; DNS; High throughput screening; Schales' procedure

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHITIN; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PEROXIDES; REDOX REACTIONS; SUBSTRATES; SUPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS;

CELLULASE; CHITINASES; CHITO-OLIGOSACCHARIDE OXIDASE; COLORIMETRIC ASSAYS; DNS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING; SCHALES' PROCEDURE;

ASSAYS;

CHITIN; COLOR; DETECTION METHOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROLYSIS; POLYMER; REACTION KINETICS; REDOX CONDITIONS;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84898474046     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-7-37     Document Type: Article

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