Structural changes of horseradish peroxidase in presence of low concentrations of urea

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 259, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 269-274

  Haque, Md Emdadul ^a   Debnath, Dilip ^a   Basak, Soumen ^a   Chakrabarti, Abhijit ^a  

^a SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

1, 8 ANS; Circular dichroism; Fluorescence; Horseradish peroxidase; Structural changes; Urea

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; UREA;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ANILINO NAPHTHALENESULFONATES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HEME; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; UREA;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA;

EID: 0033556088     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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