Ligand-free form of human α-fetoprotein: Evidence for the molten globule state

FEBS Letters

Volumn 410, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 280-284

  Uversky, Vladimir N ^a   Narizhneva, Natalya V ^a   Ivanova, Tatyana V ^a   Kirkitadze, Marina D ^a   Tomashevski, Andrey Yu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Fetoprotein; Conformational transition; Ligand free form; Molten globule state; Protein denaturation and unfolding

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 0030806303     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(97)00606-6     Document Type: Article

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