Dynamics of Unfolded Polypeptide Chains in Crowded Environment Studied by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 365, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 856-869

  Neuweiler, Hannes ^a   Löllmann, Marc ^a   Doose, Sören ^a   Sauer, Markus ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

fluorescence correlation spectroscopy; fluorescence quenching; intrachain diffusion; molecular crowding; unfolded polypeptides

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; POLYPEPTIDE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ENTROPY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR CROWDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33845656521     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.10.021     Document Type: Article

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