Protein Folding and Stability Using Denaturants

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 84, Issue , 2008, Pages 295-325

  Street, Timothy O ^a   Courtemanche, Naomi ^a   Barrick, Doug ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOTCH RECEPTOR; UREA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TITRIMETRY;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SOLUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS; TITRIMETRY; UREA;

EID: 35449004398     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(07)84011-8     Document Type: Review

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