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immobilize

[i′mō·bə‚līz]
(medicine)
To render motionless or to fix in place, as by splints or surgery.
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A new method of immobilizing proteolytic enzymes in polymeric hydrogels, Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, 20, 257 (1994).
The membranes which were used for immobilizing [beta]-galactosidase include polyvinyl chloride microspheres [10], nylon membranes [11], polyvinylidene fluoride membrane [12], and cellulose acetate membranes [13] for providing galacto-oligosaccharides while polyethersulfone membrane was utilized for immobilizing Kluyveromyces fragilis [beta]-galactosidase to hydrolyze whey lactose in dairy industries [14].
Herein, simple covalent bondingbased immobilization technique by using polydopamine as supporting matrix is very promising to increase the biodiesel production yield since the lipase structure is probably not altered during interaction with other immobilizing compositions.
Thus, it was demonstrated that immobilizing dextransucrase by entrapment in alginate was advantageous as regards the catalytic properties and stability.
They cover the composition of high-level waste solutions arising from reprocessing nuclear spent fuel, principles and examples of immobilizing non-separated or separated waste, specific matrices for immobilizing long-lived radionuclides, and glasses for immobilizing non-separated highly radioactive solutions.
Scientists at Purdue University wanted to see if ultraviolet (UV) polymerization could be a quick and inexpensive approach to immobilizing the enzyme glucose oxidase on food contact surfaces.
Exiqon A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark) has patented a method for immobilizing a polysaccharide (PS) to a solid surface, said polysaccharide having a keto-carboxy group or a ketal or hemiketal group corresponding thereto, e.g.
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