Time-resolved fluorescence studies of the molten globule state of apomyoglobin

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 877-885

  Rischel, Christian ^a   Thyberg, Per ^b   Rigler, Rudolf ^b   Poulsen, Flemming M ^a  

^a CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anisotropy decay; Apomyoglobin; Energy transfer; Molten globule; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; MYOGLOBIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HEART; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TIME;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0029918121     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0208     Document Type: Article

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