Homodimeric and expanded behaviour of trimethylamine dehydrogenase in solution at different temperatures

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 159-164

  Cölfen, Helmut ^a,c   Harding, Stephen E ^a   Wilson, Emma K ^b   Packman, Len C ^b   Scrutton, Nigel S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

analytical ultracentrifugation; homodimers; hydrodynamics; trimethylamine dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; TRIMETHYLAMINE;

ARTICLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0030069952     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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