Recent Advances in Fungal Hydrophobin Towards Using in Industry

Protein Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 243-255

  Khalesi, Mohammadreza ^a,b   Gebruers, Kurt ^a   Derdelinckx, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Application; Hydrophobin; Industry; Legislation; Production; Purification

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHOBIN; NANOBUBBLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISULFIDE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; NANOMATERIAL; SURFACTANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FINLAND; GROWTH; HYDROPHOBICITY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PHASE PARTITIONING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVIEW; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; SCHIZOPHYLLUM; TRICHODERMA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DISULFIDES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOSTRUCTURES; SCHIZOPHYLLUM; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 84939263634     PISSN: 15723887     EISSN: 18758355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10930-015-9621-2     Document Type: Review

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