Stabilization of folding intermediate states from alkaline induced unfolded state of bovine serum fetuin in trifluoroethanol and acetonitrile

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 660-666

  Ahmad, Basir ^a   Islam, Zeyaul ^a   Varshney, Ankita ^a   Khan, Rizwan Hasan ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetonitrile; Alkali denaturation; Bovine serum fetuin; Circular dichroism; Trifluoroethanol

Indexed keywords

8 ANILINO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID; 8-ANILINO-1-NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID; ACETONITRILE; ACETONITRILE DERIVATIVE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; GUANIDINE; PLASMA PROTEIN; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; METABOLISM; PH; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ACETONITRILES; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANILINO NAPHTHALENESULFONATES; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CATTLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GUANIDINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

BOVINAE;

EID: 77952004183     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986610791112774     Document Type: Article

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