Ultrafast events in the folding of ferrocytochrome c

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 9359-9367

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Prabhu, N Prakash ^a   Bhuyan, Abani K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PH; PHOTOLYSIS; POLYPEPTIDES; REACTION KINETICS;

DENATURATION; FERROCYTOCHROME; KINETIC MODEL; ULTRAFAST EVENTS;

PROTEINS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CYTOCHROME C; GUANIDINE; IRON; LIGAND;

ARTICLE; ENZYME KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HORSE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES C; HORSES; KINETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 21644490060     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi050384b     Document Type: Article

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