Role of Glutaraldehyde in Imparting Stability to Immobilized β-Galactosidase Systems

ABSTRACT This review article highlights the role of glutaraldehyde as a matrix activator/stabilizer in imparting higher operational and thermal stability to β-galactosidase (βG) for biotechnological applications. Glutaraldehyde has been used extensively as a crosslinking agent as well as for functio...

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Main Authors: Rukhsana Satar, Mohammad Alam Jafri, Mahmood Rasool, Shakeel Ahmed Ansari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2018-01-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132017000100447&lng=en&tlng=en