A fast and accurate procedure to collect and analyze unfolding fluorescence signal: The case of dystroglycan domains

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-211

  Di Stasio, Enrico ^a   Bizzarri, Patrizia ^b   Misiti, Francesco ^a   Pavoni, Ernesto ^a   Brancaccio, Andrea ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dystroglycan; Fluorescence; Immunoglobulins; Protein unfolding; Proteins

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; DYSTROGLYCAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 1242293695     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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