Distance distributions from the tyrosyl to disulfide residues in the oxytocin and [Arg8]-vasopressin measured using frequency-domain fluorescence resonance energy transfer

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 185-193

  Szmacinski, Henryk ^a   Wiczk, Wieslaw ^a   Fishman, Mayer N ^a   Eis, Peggy S ^a   Lakowicz, Joseph R ^a   Johnson, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

distance distribution; energy transfer; fluorescence; frequency domain fluorescence; oxytocin; time resolved fluorescence; vasopressin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030071205     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00180276     Document Type: Article

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