Differential salt-induced stabilization of structure in the initial folding intermediate ensemble of barstar

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 324, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 331-347

  Pradeep, Lovy ^a   Udgaonkar, Jayant B ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Burst phase intermediate; Hofmeister effect; Protein electrostatics; Protein folding; Salt induced protein stabilization

Indexed keywords

BARSTAR; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TRYPTOPHAN; UREA;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0036438892     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01068-9     Document Type: Article

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