Effect of Detergents on the Association of the Glycophorin A Transmembrane Helix

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 3097-3105

  Fisher, Lillian E ^a,c   Engelman, Donald M ^a   Sturgis, James N ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; DIMER; GLYCOPHORIN A; PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIMERIZATION; DISSOCIATION; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HEAT SENSITIVITY; MICELLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0242353821     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74728-6     Document Type: Article

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