Reversible association of the equilibrium unfolding intermediate of λ Cro repressor

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 255, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 767-777

  Filimonov, Vladimir V ^a,b   Rogov, Vladimir V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heat denaturation; Protein association; Protein folding; Scanning calorimetry; Unfolding intermediates

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE; POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CROSS LINKING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REPRESSOR GENE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029962992     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0062     Document Type: Article

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