Time-resolved fluorescence study of the single tryptophans of engineered skeletal muscle troponin C

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1042-1055

  She, Mingda ^a   Dong, Wen Ji ^b   Umeda, Patrick K ^c   Cheung, Herbert C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Center for Palliative Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030749604     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78137-2     Document Type: Article

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