Enzyme kinetics above denaturation temperature: A temperature-jump/stopped- flow apparatus

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4605-4610

  Kintses, Bálint ^a   Simon, Zoltán ^a   Gyimesi, Máté ^a   Tóth, Júlia ^a   Jelinek, Balázs ^a   Niedetzky, Csaba ^b   Kovács, Mihály ^a   Málnási Csizmadia, András ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Supertech Ltd   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DENATURATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; FLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN FOLDING; STOP FLOW TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 33845466987     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.092833     Document Type: Article

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