On the thermal stability of the two dimeric forms of ribonuclease A

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-95

  Bucci, Enrico ^a   Vitagliano, Luigi ^a   Barone, Roberto ^b   Sorrentino, Salvatore ^b   D'Alessio, Giuseppe ^b   Graziano, Giuseppe ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Differential scanning calorimetry; Domain swapping; Open and closed interface; Protein aggregation; Structure stability relationship

Indexed keywords

DIMER; RIBONUCLEASE A;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISSOCIATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOSTABILITY;

ANIMALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CATTLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME STABILITY; HEAT; KINETICS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC;

EID: 20444424976     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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