Unfolding of Green Fluorescent Protein mut2 in wet nanoporous silica gels

Protein Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1125-1133

  Campanini, Barbara ^a   Bologna, Sara ^a   Cannone, Fabio ^b   Chirico, Giuseppe ^b   Mozzarelli, Andrea ^a   Bettati, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Encapsulation; Fluorescence; Molecular crowding; Protein folding; Protein immobilization

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANIDINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; SILICA GEL;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENCAPSULATION; ENTROPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 16344373103     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.041190805     Document Type: Article

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