Defining the core structure of the α-lactalbumin molten globule state

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 294, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 213-221

  Demarest, Stephen J ^a   Boice, Judith A ^b   Fairman, Robert ^c   Raleigh, Daniel P ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Molten globule state; Peptide models; Protein folding; Protein structure; lactalbumin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; UREA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DISULFIDE BOND; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033584978     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3228     Document Type: Article

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