Studies of α- and βL-crystallin complex formation in solution at 60°C

Molekulyarnaya Biologiya

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 532-546

  Krivandin, A V ^a   Muranov, K O ^a   Ostrovsky, M A ^a  

^a EMANUEL INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CHAPERONE; PROTEIN BETAL CRYSTALLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CRYSTALLIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; RADIATION SCATTERING; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

CRYSTALLINS; HEAT; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 6944252484     PISSN: 00268984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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