Cooperative stabilization of a molten globule apoflavodoxin fragment

Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 30, 1998, Pages 10589-10596

  Maldonado, Susana ^a   Jiménez, María Ángeles ^b   Langdon, Grant M ^b   Sancho, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVODOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

APOPROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COLD; FLAVODOXIN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 2642674396     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi980368x     Document Type: Article

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