Extrinsic fluorescent dyes as tools for protein characterization

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1487-1499

  Hawe, Andrea ^a   Sutter, Marc ^a,b   Jiskoot, Wim ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Extrinsic fluorescent dyes; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Protein aggregation; Protein characterization; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

8 ANILINO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID; 9 (2 CARBOXY 2 CYANOVINYL)JULOLIDINE; AMYLOID; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CARBOXYL GROUP; CONGO RED; FLUORESCENT DYE; INSULIN; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIOFLAVINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANISOTROPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STEADY STATE;

FLUORESCENT DYES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; PROTEINS;

EID: 44649133131     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: 1573904X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11095-007-9516-9     Document Type: Review

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