Effect of dextran on protein stability and conformation attributed to macromolecular crowding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 326, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1227-1237

  Sasahara, Kenji ^a   McPhie, Peter ^a   Minton, Allen P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dextran; Excluded volume; Molecular crowding; Molten globule; Protein stability

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; DEXTRAN; LYSOZYME;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENTHALPY; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0037470574     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01443-2     Document Type: Article

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