Oligomerization endows enormous stability to soybean agglutinin: A comparison of the stability of monomer and tetramer of soybean agglutinin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 4243-4251

  Sinha, Sharmistha ^a   Surolia, Avadhesha ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; MONOMER; SOYBEAN AGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PH; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 22244478605     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.061309     Document Type: Article

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