The volume and compressibility changes of lysozyme associated with guanidinium chloride and pressure-assisted unfolding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 693-701

  Sasahara, Kenji ^a   Sakurai, Masao ^b   Nitta, Katsutoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Guanidinium chloride; Hen egg white lysozyme; Partial specific isentropic compressibility; Partial specific volume; Pressure assisted unfolding

Indexed keywords

EGG WHITE; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; GUANIDINE; LYSOZYME;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0033588264     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2982     Document Type: Article

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