The molten globule state of α-lactalbumin

FASEB Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 102-109

  Kuwajima, Kunihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

folding intermediate; molecular chaperone; protein folding

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; CHAPERONE; GLOBULAR PROTEIN;

BABOON; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; THERMOSTABILITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PAPIO HAMADRYAS;

EID: 0030059690     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.10.1.8566530     Document Type: Review

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