Tryptophan exposure and accessibility in the chitooligosaccharide-specific phloem exudate lectin from pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima). A fluorescence study

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-47

  Narahari, Akkaladevi ^a   Swamy, Musti J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Acrylamide; Agglutinin; Carbohydrate binding protein; Chitooligosaccharide specific lectin; Fluorescence quenching; Red edge excitation shift

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; CESIUM ION; IODIDE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PLANT LECTIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PHLOEM; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SQUASH;

ACRYLAMIDE; CUCURBITA; FLUORESCENCE; LIGANDS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PLANT LECTINS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRYPTOPHAN;

CUCURBITA MAXIMA;

EID: 69349084789     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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