Localization and environment of tryptophans in different structural states of concanavalin A

Journal of Fluorescence

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2123-2132

  Mandal, Pritha ^a   Mandal, Dipak K ^a  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Concanavalin A; Fluorescence; Phosphorescence; Tryptophan modification; Unfolding Folding

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; AMINO ACIDS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE; MONOMERS; OXIDATION; PHOSPHORESCENCE; PROTEINS; QUENCHING; RED SHIFT;

CONCANAVALIN A; CONFORMATIONAL STATE; OLIGOMERIC PROTEINS; STERN-VOLMER CONSTANTS; TRYPTOPHAN MODIFICATION; TRYPTOPHAN RESIDUES; UNFOLDING/FOLDING; WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE;

DIMERS;

EID: 84856273167     PISSN: 10530509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10895-011-0913-4     Document Type: Article

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