Time resolved fluorescence and phosphorescence properties of the individual tryptophan residues of barnase: Evidence for protein-protein interactions

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-53

  De Beuckeleer, Kristel ^a   Volckaert, Guido ^a   Engelborghs, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Barnase; Dynamic quenching; Fluorescence; Lifetimes; Multifrequency phase fluorometry; Phosphorescence; Protein protein interactions; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

BARNASE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0033168923     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19990701)36:1<42::AID-PROT4>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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