Unfolding studies on soybean agglutinin and Concanavalin A tetramers: A comparative account

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1300-1310

  Sinha, Sharmistha ^a   Mitra, Nivedita ^a   Kumar, Gyanendra ^a   Bajaj, Kanika ^a   Surolia, Avadhesha ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CONCANAVALIN A; GLYCOPROTEIN; LECTIN; SOYBEAN AGGLUTININ; AGGLUTININ; GUANIDINE; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; BINDING SITE; CANAVALIA; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; SOYBEAN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

GLYCINE MAX;

AGGLUTININS; BINDING SITES; CANAVALIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCANAVALIN A; DIMERIZATION; GUANIDINE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SOYBEANS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 21244473965     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.051052     Document Type: Article

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