An unfolding story of helical transmembrane proteins

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 49, 2006, Pages 14559-14566

  Renthal, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BINDING ENERGY; ENTROPY; FREE ENERGY; MICELLES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

REFOLDING KINETICS; REVERSIBLE UNFOLDING; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE (SDS); TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEINS;

PROTEINS;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; FLUORINE DERIVATIVE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; ENTROPY; KINETICS; MICELLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICELLES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 33845428343     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0620454     Document Type: Article

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