pH-dependent quenching of the fluorescence of tryptophan residues in class A β-lactamase from E. coli (TEM-1)

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 59, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 824-827

  Christov, Christo ^a,b   Ianev, Dimitar ^a   Shosheva, Alexandra ^c   Atanasov, Boris ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Conformational Changes; Fluorescence Quenching; Lactamase TEM 1

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 11244315482     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2004-11-1210     Document Type: Article

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