Using tryptophan fluorescence to measure the stability of membrane proteins folded in liposomes

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 492, Issue , 2011, Pages 189-211

  Moon, C Preston ^a   Fleming, Karen G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79951977489     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-381268-1.00018-5     Document Type: Chapter

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