Acid-induced transformations of myoglobin. II. Effect of ionic strength on the free energy and formation rate of the 426-nm absorbing deoxyheme intermediate

Biospectroscopy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-29

  Tang, Qun ^a   Kalsbeck, William A ^a   Bocian, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionic strength; Molten globule; Myoglobin; PH jump; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012077102     PISSN: 10754261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6343(1997)3:1<17::aid-bspy2>3.0.co;2-p     Document Type: Article

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