Thermal unfolding and proteolytic susceptibility of ribonuclease A

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 237, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 862-869

  Arnold, Ulrich ^a   Rücknagel, Karl Peter ^b   Schierhorn, Angelika ^b   Ulbrich Hofmann, Renate ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK RESEARCH UNIT FOR ENZYMOLOGY OF PROTEIN FOLDING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Limited proteolysis; Mass spectrometry; Protein sequencing; Ribonuclease; Thermal unfolding

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE A;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029903075     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0862p.x     Document Type: Article

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