Bromophenol blue binding as a probe to study urea and guanidine hydrochloride denaturation of bovine serum albumin

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-38

  Halim, Adyani Azizah Abd ^a   Kadir, Habsah Abdul ^a   Tayyab, Saad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bovine serum albumin; Bromophenol blue; Denaturation; Guanidine hydrochloride; Urea

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; BROMOPHENOL BLUE; GADOLINIUM; GUANIDINE; UREA;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PROTEIN DENATURATION;

ANIMALS; BROMPHENOL BLUE; CATTLE; GUANIDINE; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; UREA;

BOVINAE;

EID: 46849091776     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvn036     Document Type: Article

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