Photoacoustic spectroscopy of aromatic amino acids in proteins

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-212

  Bugs, Milton Roque ^a,b   Bortoleto Bugs, Raquel Kely ^a,b   Cornélio, Marinônio Lopes ^c  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b CenPRA Centro de Pesquisas Renato Archer   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aromatic amino acids; Bothropstoxin I; Curve fitting; Photoacoustic spectroscopy; SDS

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; BOTHROPSTOXIN I; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TOXIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CURVE FITTING; HEAT TRANSFER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTICS; AMINO ACIDS, AROMATIC; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TITRIMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 38149085362     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-007-0217-4     Document Type: Article

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