Effects of glycine betaine and glycerophosphocholine on thermal stability of ribonuclease

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 4 43-4, 1998, Pages

  Burg, Maurice B ^a,b   Peters, Eugenia M ^a  

^a Laboratory of Kidney and Electrolyte Metabolism NHBLI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Counteracting osmolytes; Inositol; Kidney medulla; Sorbitol; Taurine; Trimethylamine N oxide; Urea

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; GLYCEROPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PYRUVATE KINASE; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STABILITY; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY MEDULLA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0031978534     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1998.274.4.f762     Document Type: Article

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