Distance Measurements by Continuous Wave EPR Spectroscopy to Monitor Protein Folding

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 752, Issue , 2011, Pages 73-96

  Cooke, James A ^b   Brown, Louise J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Continu ous wave EPR spectroscopy; Dipolar interaction; Electron paramagnetic resonance; Interspin distances; Protein folding; Site directed mutagenesis; Site directed spin labeling

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDE; NITROXYL; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPIN LABELING; TEMPERATURE;

BINDING SITES; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NITROGEN OXIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; SPIN LABELS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79960980463     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-223-0_6     Document Type: Chapter

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