Pressure denaturation of the yeast prion protein Ure2

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 147-152

  Zhou, J M ^a   Zhu, L ^a   Balny, C ^b   Perrett, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Center of spectral mass; Dimer; Guanidinium chloride; Protein folding; Protein stability; Ure2p

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; GUANIDINE; PRION PROTEIN; UREA;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; IONIC STRENGTH; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

EID: 0035860284     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5556     Document Type: Article

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