Fluorescence study of steroid hormone binding activity of Helix pomatia agglutinin

Steroids

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1060-1065

  Bogoeva, Vanya P ^a   Russev, George C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Adenine; Helix pomatia agglutinin; Progesterone; Steroid hormones; Testosterone; Trp fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; AGGLUTININ; HELIX POMATIA AGGLUTININ; LECTIN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HELIX POMATIA; HORMONE BINDING; HYDROPHOBICITY;

ADENINE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HELIX (SNAILS); HEMAGGLUTININS; HORMONES; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; LECTINS; LIGANDS; NAPHTHALENESULFONATES; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TESTOSTERONE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMALIA; HELIX POMATIA;

EID: 46949106298     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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