Fluorinated alcohol, the third group of cosolvents that stabilize the molten-globule state relative to a highly denatured state of cytochrome c

Protein Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 564-569

  Konno, Takashi ^a   Iwashita, Jun ^a   Nagayama, Kuniaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol denatured state; ANS binding; HFIP; Molten globule state; Singular value decomposition

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 0034025219     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.3.564     Document Type: Article

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