Transient electric birefringence of human erythroid spectrin dimers and tetramers at ionic strengths of 4 mM and 53 mM

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 269-278

  Bjorkoy A ^a   Mikkelsen, A ^a   Elgsaeter, A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Intrachain conformational relaxation; Rotational relaxation; Spectrin Birefringence

Indexed keywords

DIMER; SPECTRIN; TETRAMER;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; ERYTHROID CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIC STRENGTH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BIOPHYSICS; BIREFRINGENCE; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; OPTICS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTRIN;

EID: 0033008239     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050209     Document Type: Article

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