Preparation and characterization of geodin; A βγ-crystallin-type protein from a sponge

FEBS Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1023-1035

  Giancola, Concetta ^a   Pizzo, Elio ^a   Di Maro, Antimo ^b   Cubellis, Maria Vittoria ^a   D'Alessio, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

crystallins; Calorimetry; Geodin; Metazoans; Protein stability

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CRYSTALLIN; GEODIN; GUANIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPONGE (PORIFERA); THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BETA-CRYSTALLINS; CALCIUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GAMMA-CRYSTALLINS; GUANIDINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORIFERA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE; UREA;

EID: 14044268704     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2004.04536.x     Document Type: Article

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