Near Ultraviolet Absorption Arising from Lysine Residues in Close Proximity: A Probe to Monitor Protein Unfolding and Aggregation in Lysine-Rich Proteins

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 765-769

  Homchaudhuri, Lopamudra ^a   Swaminathan, Rajaram ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; PH EFFECTS; PROTEINS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN (HA); ULTRAVIOLET ABSORPTION;

ENERGY ABSORPTION;

BARSTAR; HISTONE; LYSINE; LYSOZYME; POLYLYSINE; SERUM ALBUMIN; SUBTILISIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; THYMUS;

EID: 2342632556     PISSN: 00092673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.77.765     Document Type: Article

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