Fluorescence characterization of denatured proteins

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 516-524

  Chen, Huimin ^a   Rhoades, Elizabeth ^b  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW;

FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 49549095541     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2008.06.008     Document Type: Review

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