Submicrosecond real-time fluorescence sampling: Application to protein folding

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-15

  Ervin, John ^a   Sabelko, Jobiah ^a   Gruebele, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Apomyoglobin; Nonexponential kinetics; Phosphoglycerate kinase; Tryptophan; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

APOMYOGLOBIN; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; TRYPTOPHAN; UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0033996482     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(00)00002-6     Document Type: Review

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