In Vitro unfolding of insulin: Characterization of intermediates and putative unfolding pathway

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 874-880

  Zhao, Jie ^a   Huang, Qi Long ^a   Tang, Yue Hua ^a,b   Zhao, Fu Kun ^a,b   Feng, You Min ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Disulfide; Folding; Insulin; Unfolding; Unfolding intermediate; Unfolding pathway

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; INSULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SWINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DISULFIDES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; INSULIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SWINE;

EID: 77954694898     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986610791306724     Document Type: Article

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