Structurally homologous toxins isolated from the Taiwan cobra (Naja naja atra) differ significantly in their structural stability

Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 363, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-115

  Sivaraman, T ^a   Kumar, T K S ^a,b   Tu, Y T ^a   Peng, H J ^c   Yu, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Denaturation; Folding; Stability; Structure

Indexed keywords

CARDIOTOXIN; COBROTOXIN; SNAKE VENOM;

ARTICLE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SNAKE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ATRA; NAJA ATRA; NAJA NAJA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033102587     PISSN: 00039861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1998.1057     Document Type: Article

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