Equilibrium and kinetics of the folding of equine lysozyme studied by circular dichroism spectroscopy

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 283, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 265-277

  Mizuguchi, Mineyuki ^a   Arai, Munehito ^b   Ke, Yue ^c   Nitta, Katsutoshi ^a   Kuwajima, Kunihiro ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c INNER MONGOLIA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Equine lysozyme; Folding intermediate; Molten globule; Protein folding; Stopped flow

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; GUANIDINE; LYSOZYME;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; HORSE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0032538331     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2100     Document Type: Article

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