Human N-terminal proBNP is a monomer

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1035-1038

  Crimmins, Dan L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; MONOMER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 19644362040     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.047324     Document Type: Article

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