Time-dependent effects of trimethylamine-N-oxide/urea on lactate dehydrogenase activity: An unexplored dimension of the adaptation paradigm

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2658-2665

  Baskakov, Ilia ^a   Bolen, D W ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE; UREA;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; DISSOCIATION; ELASMOBRANCHII; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME REACTIVATION; KINETICS; PROTEIN STABILITY; TIME;

ELASMOBRANCHII; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0031965750     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77971-8     Document Type: Article

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