Disorder-order transition of λ CII promoted by low concentrations of guanidine hydrochloride suggests a stable core and a flexible C-terminus

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 4439-4446

  Datta, Ajit B ^a   Roy, Siddhartha ^a   Parrack, Pradeep ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage ; Genetic switch; HflB protein; Lysogeny; Proteolysis

Indexed keywords

8 ANILINO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANIDINE; PROTEIN CII; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GUANIDINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRYPSIN; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0344442899     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03835.x     Document Type: Article

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