Electric birefringence of recombinant spectrin segments 14, 14-15, 14-16, and 14-17 from Drosophila α-spectrin

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology

Volumn 1430, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 323-340

  Bjørkøy, Astrid ^a   Mikkelsen, Arne ^a   Elgsaeter, Arnljot ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Dipole moment; Flexibility; Spectrin

Indexed keywords

SPECTRIN;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPOLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RELAXATION TIME;

ANIMALS; BIREFRINGENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DROSOPHILA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS; SPECTRIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033017979     PISSN: 01674838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4838(99)00014-X     Document Type: Article

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