New insight into the pH-dependent conformational changes in bovine β- lactoglobulin from Raman optical activity

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1362-1367

  Blanch, Ewan W ^a   Hecht, Lutz ^a   Barron, Laurence D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformational plasticity; Raman optical activity; Tanford transition; lactoglobulin

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0033060318     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.6.1362     Document Type: Article

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