Hydrophobicity of Bovine Serum Albumin and Ovalbumin Determined Using Uncharged (PRODAN) and Anionic (ANS-) Fluorescent Probes

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2671-2677

  Haskard, Carolyn A ^a   Li Chan, Eunice C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ANS; Electrostatic interactions; Fluorescent probe; PRODAN; Protein hydrophobicity

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

EID: 0001296380     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf970876y     Document Type: Article

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