Destabilization of human serum albumin by polyethylene glycols studied by thermodynamical equilibrium and kinetic approaches

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-51

  Farruggia, Beatriz ^a   García, Gabriela ^a   D'Angelo, Cecilia ^a   Picó, Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Albumin; Polyethylene glycol; Protein stability; Unfolding

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; TYROSINE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; IONIZATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030932504     PISSN: 01418130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-8130(96)01150-6     Document Type: Article

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