New evidence for the denaturant binding model

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2090-2097

  Wu, Jia Wei ^a   Wang, Zhi Xin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Binding model; Linear extrapolation method; Papain; Ribonuclease A; Unfolding

Indexed keywords

GUANIDINE; PAPAIN; RIBONUCLEASE A; UREA;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME DENATURATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032879344     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.10.2090     Document Type: Article

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