GroE assists refolding of recombinant human pro-urokinase

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 331-337

  Xu, Zheng ^a,c   Yang, Shengli ^b   Zhu, Dexu ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Chaperone; GroE; Pro UK; Refolding

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE MAGNESIUM; CHAPERONE; CHAPERONIN; PROUROKINASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; HYDROLYSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0031051273     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021591     Document Type: Article

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