Proteolysis as a probe of thermal unfolding of cytochrome c

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 435-441

  Wang, Leyu ^a   Chen, Robert X ^a   Kallenbach, Neville R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c; Proteinase K; Proteolysis; Thermal unfolding; Thermolysin

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; HEME; PROTEINASE K; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME DENATURATION; HEATING; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; HORSES; HYDROGEN; PROTEIN FOLDING; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032031294     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19980301)30:4<435::AID-PROT10>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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