Nanosecond temperature jump and time-resolved Raman study of thermal unfolding of ribonuclease A

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 485-495

  Yamamoto, Kohji ^a   Mizutani, Yasuhisa ^a,b   Kitagawa, Teizo ^a,b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE A;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

BOVINAE; MUS;

EID: 0033917141     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76310-7     Document Type: Article

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