Evidence of discrete substates and unfolding pathways in green fluorescent protein

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1724-1731

  Baldini, Giancarlo ^a   Cannone, Fabio ^a   Chirico, Giuseppe ^a   Collini, Maddalena ^a   Campanini, Barbara ^b   Bettati, Stefano ^b   Mozzarelli, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SILICA GEL;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 33847783369     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.093567     Document Type: Article

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