Cold denaturation of α-lactalbumin

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 407-413

  Mizuguchi, Mineyuki ^a   Hashimoto, Daisuke ^a   Sakurai, Masao ^b   Nitta, Katsutoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Cold denaturation; Molten globule; Protein folding; lactalbumin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; GUANIDINE;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0033996185     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0134(20000301)38:4<407::aid-prot6>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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