Kinetics of folding and unfolding of goat α-lactalbumin

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 345-356

  Chedad, Allel ^a   Van Dael, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Intermediate state; Kinetics; Lactalbumin; Lysozyme; Protein folding; Stopped flow fluorescence spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; CALCIUM ION; GUANIDINE; LYSOZYME;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOW; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GOAT; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTON TRANSPORT; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GOATS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LACTALBUMIN; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

BOVINAE; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 4544250589     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20212     Document Type: Article

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