Denaturation of apolipoprotein A-I and the monomer form of apolipoprotein A-I(Milano)

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 346-352

  Suurkuusk, Malin ^a,b   Hallén, Dan ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b Thermometric AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein A I; Apolipoprotein A I(M); Molten globular state; Protein denaturation; Thermal unfolding

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HEATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DITHIOTHREITOL; GUANIDINE; HEAT; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033215331     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00739.x     Document Type: Article

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