Structural alterations of horseradish peroxidase in the presence of low concentrations of guanidinium chloride

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 462-467

  Chakrabarti, Abhijit ^a   Basak, Soumen ^a  

^a SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

6 propionyl 2 (dimethylamino)naphthelene; Fluorescence; Guanidium chloride; Horseradish peroxidase; Structural alterations

Indexed keywords

GUANIDINE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GUANIDINE; GUANIDINES; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA;

EID: 0029858291     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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