Correlations between the charge of proteins and the number of ionizable groups they incorporate: Studies using protein charge ladders, capillary electrophoresis, and Debye-Huckel theory

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 46, 1999, Pages 10671-10679

  Carbeck, Jeffrey D ^a   Colton, Ian J ^b   Anderson, Janelle R ^b   Deutch, John M ^c   Whitesides, George M ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; CYTOCHROME C; LYSOZYME; OVALBUMIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; DERIVATIZATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; IONIZATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; THEORY;

EID: 0033601103     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja991526q     Document Type: Article

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