Stepwise characterization of the thermodynamics of trichocyte intermediate filament protein supramolecular assembly

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 408, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 832-838

  Ishii, Daisuke ^a,b   Abe, Ryota ^a   Watanabe, Shun Ichi ^b   Tsuchiya, Masaru ^b   Nöcker, Bernd ^b   Tsumoto, Kouhei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

IF; IFP; intermediate filament; intermediate filament protein; isothermal titration calorimetry; ITC; ULF; unit length filament

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA;

ARTICLE; ISOTHERM; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79955466840     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.03.034     Document Type: Article

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