Dynamic structure/function relationships in the α-chymotrypsin deactivation process by heat and pH

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 248, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 80-85

  Lozano, Pedro ^a   De Diego, Teresa ^a   Iborra, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Denaturation; Fluorescence properties; Kinetic analysis; Protein unfolding; Serine protease

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN A;

ARTICLE; ENZYME DENATURATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; FLUORESCENCE; HEAT; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0030825477     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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