Submillisecond unfolding kinetics of apomyoglobin and its pH 4 intermediate

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 292, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 731-740

  Jamin, Marc ^a   Yeh, Syun Ru ^b   Rousseau, Denis L ^b   Baldwin, Robert L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apomyoglobin; Cooperativity; Folding intermediate; Molten globule; Tryptophan fluorescence

Indexed keywords

MYOGLOBIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UREA;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; WHALE;

EID: 0033600716     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3074     Document Type: Article

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