Probing the formation of a parallel heterodimeric coiled coil by fluorescence quenching

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1695-1698

  García Echeverría, Carlos ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROPHENOL; BETA ALANINE; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0343924269     PISSN: 0960894X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-894X(97)00290-4     Document Type: Article

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