Protein stability in the presence of cosolutes

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 492, Issue , 2011, Pages 61-125

  Holthauzen, Luis Marcelo F ^a   Auton, Matthew ^b   Sinev, Mikhail ^c   Rösgen, Jörg ^c  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Folding; m values; Osmolyte; Protein phase diagrams; Protein stability; Urea

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE KINASE; COLLAGEN BINDING PROTEIN; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; SARCOSINE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HUMAN; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79951986661     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-381268-1.00015-X     Document Type: Chapter

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