Kinetic folding mechanism of erythropoietin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4221-4230

  Banks, Douglas D ^a   Scavezze, Joanna L ^a   Siska, Christine C ^a  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CYTOKINE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; UREA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHO CELL; CRICETULUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; PROTEIN DENATURATION;

ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROPOIETIN; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; UREA;

EID: 68049139443     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.02.049     Document Type: Article

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