Dynamic and thermodynamic effects of glycerol on bovine serum albumin in aqueous solution: A tryptophan phosphorescence study

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-60

  Hogiu, Sebastian ^a   Enescu, Mironel ^a   Pascu, Mihail Lucian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bovine serum albumin; Conformational changes; Glycerol; Maximum entropy method; Phosphorescence decay; Protein structure; Viscosity effect

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; GLYCEROL; TRYPTOPHAN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ENTROPY; PHOSPHORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY;

BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENTROPY; GLYCEROL; KINETICS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0030868449     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(97)00022-5     Document Type: Article

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