The effects of Tubulin denaturation on the characterization of its polymerization behavior

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 655-682

  Hall, Damien ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Microtubules; Polymerization; Thermodynamics; Tubulin denaturation

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0043166768     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(03)00040-1     Document Type: Article

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