Acid- and base-induced conformational transitions of equinatoxin II

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 103-121

  Poklar, Nataša ^a   Völker, Jens ^b   Anderluh, Gregor ^a   Maček, Peter ^a   Chalikian, Tigran V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

CD spectroscopy; Compressibility; Conformational transitions; Equinatoxin II; Pore forming proteins; Volume

Indexed keywords

ACID; BASE; EQUINATOXIN; EQUINATOXIN II; OLIGOMER; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; DENSITOMETRY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HEMOLYSIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY; VISCOMETRY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYSIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONICS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0035836549     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(01)00131-4     Document Type: Article

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