Peptides and proteins in a confined environment: NMR spectra at natural isotopic abundance

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 342-347

  Pastore, Annalisa ^a   Salvadori, Severo ^b   Temussi, Piero Andrea ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agarose gel; Confinement; Low temperature; Lysozyme; NMR

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEN; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; LOW TEMPERATURE; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENZYME STABILITY; HUMANS; MURAMIDASE; NEUROPEPTIDES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 34248381758     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.848     Document Type: Article

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