A desolvation model for trifluoroethanol-induced aggregation of enhanced green fluorescent protein

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 897-906

  Anderson, Valerie L ^a   Webb, Watt W ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SOLVENT; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROZOA; PH; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROZOA; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SOLVENTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

EID: 84857351291     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.01.036     Document Type: Article

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