Single amino-acid substitution in the N-terminal arm altered the tetramer stability of rat muscle lactate dehydrogenase A

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 576-584

  Yuan, Chong ^a   Hu, Hongyu ^a   Xu, Genjun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Lactate dehydrogenase A; N terminal residues; Site directed mutagenesis; Size exclusion chromatograph; Subunit interaction; Tetramer stability; Unfolding experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744876033     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02879351     Document Type: Article

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