A partly folded state of acidic fibroblast growth factor at low pH

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 328-335

  Sanz, Jesús M ^a   Giménez Gallego, Guillermo ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Folding intermediate; Protein folding; Protein structure; Translocation across membranes

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIC STRENGTH; ISOELECTRIC POINT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 0030984867     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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