Small-angle neutron scattering by a strongly denatured protein: Analysis using random polymer theory

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 335-342

  Petrescu, Andrei José ^a,b   Receveur, Veronique ^b   Calmettes, Patrick ^b   Durand, Dominique ^b,c   Desmadril, Michel ^d   Roux, Benoit ^e   Smith, Jeremy C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE ROMANIAN ACADEMY   (Romania)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANIDINE; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; THEORY;

FOURIER ANALYSIS; GUANIDINE; GUANIDINES; KINETICS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEUTRONS; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0031035749     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78672-7     Document Type: Article

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