The effect of denaturants on protein structure

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1727-1733

  Dunbar, Jennifer ^a   Yennawar, Hemant P ^a   Banerjee, Soojay ^a   Luo, Jiabin ^a   Farber, Gregory K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denaturants; Dihydrofolate reductase; Protein mobility; Ribonuclease A

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; RIBONUCLEASE A;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME DENATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030841382     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560060813     Document Type: Article

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