Studies of the denaturation patterns of bovine alpha-crystallin using an ionic denaturant, guanidine hydrochloride and a non-ionic denaturant, urea

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 657-679

  Doss Pepe, Ellen W ^a   Carew, Erica L ^a   Koretz, Jane F ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Circular dichroism; Denaturation renaturation; Gel Filtration Fast Performance Liquid Chromatography (FPLC); Micelles; Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS PAGE); Transmission electron microscopy (TEM); Crystallin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; GUANIDINE; UREA;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DISSOCIATION; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICELLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RENATURATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032407709     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1998.0561     Document Type: Article

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