Living with urea stress

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 321-331

  Singh, Laishram R ^a   Dar, Tanveer Ali ^b   Ahmad, Faizan ^b  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Enzyme activity; Methylamine osmolytes; Preferential hydration; Protein denaturation; Protein stability; Urea

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; CHAPERONE; CREATINE KINASE; CYCLIC AMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLAMINE; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA;

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INORGANIC SALT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PROTEIN; THERMODYNAMICS; UREA;

NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC STRESS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; METHYLAMINES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; THERMODYNAMICS; UREA;

EID: 69249182940     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-009-0036-0     Document Type: Review

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