Non-native α-helical intermediate in the refolding of β- lactoglobulin, a predominantly β-sheet protein

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 868-873

  Hamada, Daizo ^a   Segawa, Shin Ichi ^b   Goto, Yuji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTOGLOBULIN;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; LACTOGLOBULINS; PROTEIN FOLDING;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0029740071     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb1096-868     Document Type: Review

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