Protein Matrix Elasticity Determined by Fluorescence Anisotropy of Its Tryptophan Residues

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 98-102

  Zentz, Christian ^a   Glandières, Jean Marie ^b   El Moshni, Sadok ^c   Alpert, Bernard ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; HEMOGLOBIN; PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANISOTROPY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ROTATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ELASTICITY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 10744226878     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)078<0098:RCPMED>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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