Universal Metastability of Sickle Hemoglobin Polymerization

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 377, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1228-1235

  Weng, Weijun ^a   Aprelev, Alexey ^a   Briehl, Robin W ^b   Ferrone, Frank A ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

crowding; metastability; polymers; sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN S; MONOMER; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ENTHALPY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 40849114308     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.01.083     Document Type: Article

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