The tautomeric state of histidines in myoglobin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3230-3240

  Bhattacharya, Shibani ^a   Sukits, Steven F ^a   MacLaughlin, Kristen L ^a   Lecomte, Juliette T J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; MYOGLOBIN; TAU PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WHALE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CETACEA; EQUUS CABALLUS; PHYSETER CATODON;

EID: 0030835046     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78348-6     Document Type: Article

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