Preferential interactions of urea with lysozyme and their linkage to protein denaturation

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 105, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 421-448

  Timasheff, Serge N ^a   Xie, Guifu ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Co solvents; Preferential interactions; Protein destabilization; Transfer enthalpy; Transfer entropy; Transfer free energy

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; PROTEIN; UREA; WATER;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DENATURATION; ENERGY; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN BOND; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141783830     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(03)00106-6     Document Type: Article

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