Unfolding and refolding of the N-terminal fragments of staphylococcal nuclease R in guanidine hydrochloride

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 881-888

  Zhou, Bo ^a   Jing, Guo Zhong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

N terminal fragment; Nuclease; Peptide folding; Staphylococcus; Unfolding and refolding

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GUANIDINE; NUCLEASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FOLDING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029795957     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021501     Document Type: Article

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