Measuring unfolding of proteins in the presence of denaturant using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1413-1422

  Chattopadhyay, Krishnananda ^a   Saffarian, Saveez ^a,b   Elson, Elliot L ^a   Frieden, Carl ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; GUANIDINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PH; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REFRACTION INDEX; RELAXATION TIME; VISCOSITY; ALGORITHM; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REFRACTOMETRY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STATISTICS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; CARRIER PROTEINS; FATTY ACID-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANIDINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REFRACTOMETRY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STATISTICS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 14044258252     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.053199     Document Type: Article

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