Secondary-Structure Analysis of Proteins by Vacuum-Ultraviolet Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 405-411

  Matsuo, Koichi ^a   Yonehara, Ryuta ^a   Gekko, Kunihiko ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Proteins; Secondary structure analysis; Synchrotron radiation; Vacuum ultraviolet circular dichroism

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; BETA LACTOGLOBULIN; CHYMOTRYPSINOGEN; CONCANAVALIN A; CYTOCHROME C; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LYSOZYME; MYOGLOBIN; OVALBUMIN; PEPSIN A; PEROXIDASE; RIBONUCLEASE A; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; TRYPSINOGEN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; SPECTRUM; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; SOFTWARE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SYNCHROTRONS;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 1942424127     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvh048     Document Type: Article

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