The stability of tropomyosin at acid pH: Effects of anion binding

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 176-179

  Lehrer, Sherwin S ^a,b   Yuan, Amy ^a  

^a BOSTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid pH; Anion binding; Circular dichroism; Coiled coil; Tropomyosin; helix

Indexed keywords

ANION; TROPOMYOSIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FROG; LEG MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMOSTABILITY;

ANIMALIA; ANURA;

EID: 0031657824     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1998.3973     Document Type: Article

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