Monitoring equilibria and kinetics of protein folding/unfolding reactions by capillary zone electrophoresis

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 282, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 239-244

  Verzola, Barbara ^a   Chiti, Fabrizio ^b   Manao, Giampaolo ^b   Righetti, Pier Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capillary electrophoresis; Isoelectric buffers; Protein folding unfolding

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN FOLDING; RATE CONSTANTS; UREA;

CAPILLARY ZONE ELECTROPHORESIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITIONS; FLUOROMETRIC ANALYSIS; INTRINSIC FLUORESCENCE; ISOELECTRIC; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPECTROSCOPIC MONITORING; UNFOLDING KINETICS;

PROTEINS;

ACYLPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ZONE ELECTROPHORESIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; KINETICS; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0034235280     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/abio.2000.4620     Document Type: Article

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