Ligand-dependent conformational equilibria of serum albumin revealed by tryptophan fluorescence quenching

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2198-2207

  Chadborn, Neil ^a   Bryant, Jason ^b   Bain, Angus J ^b   O'Shea, Paul ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; ALBUMIN; OLEIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPORT; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONFORMATION; FLUORESCENCE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032998816     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77375-3     Document Type: Article

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