Isothermal titration calorimetry and differential scanning calorimetry as complementary tools to investigate the energetics of biomolecular recognition

Journal of Molecular Recognition

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-18

  Jelesarov, Ilian ^a   Bosshard, Hans Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry; Isothermal titration calorimetry

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; SOLVENT;

EID: 0032901515     PISSN: 09523499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1352(199901/02)12:1<3::AID-JMR441>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Editorial

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