Structural alterations of α-crystallin during its chaperone action

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 170-183

  Lindner, Robyn A ^a   Kapur, Amit ^a   Mariani, Michael ^a   Titmuss, Stephen J ^a   Carver, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

crystallin; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Molecular chaperone; NMR spectroscopy; Small heatshock protein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; CHAPERONE; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; OVOTRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HEAT SHOCK; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANILINO NAPHTHALENESULFONATES; CONALBUMIN; CRYSTALLINS; DITHIOTHREITOL; FLUORESCENT DYES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0032533361     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2580170.x     Document Type: Article

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