Sampling field heterogeneity at the heme of c-type cytochromes by spectral hole burning spectroscopy and electrostatic calculations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3293-3304

  Laberge, Monique ^a   Köhler, Martin ^b   Vanderkooi, Jane M ^c   Friedrich, Josef ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; HEME; HEMOPROTEIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; HORSE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0344339723     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77160-2     Document Type: Article

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