Interactions of the Neurotoxin Vipoxin in Solution Studied by Dynamic Light Scattering

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 461-466

  Georgieva, Dessislava Nikolova ^a   Genov, Nicolay ^b   Hristov, Krassimir ^c   Dierks, Karsten ^d   Betzel, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

^c Bulgarian Dermatological Society   (Bulgaria)

^d Dierks und Partner   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIPOXIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CALCIUM BINDING; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIMERIZATION; DISSOCIATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SNAKE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VIPERA AMMODYTES MERIDIONALIS;

AMMODYTES; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA; VIPERA; VIPERA AMMODYTES MERIDIONALIS;

EID: 0347949621     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74123-5     Document Type: Article

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