Determining the conformational stability of a protein from urea and thermal unfolding Curves

Current Protocols in Protein Science

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.71, 2013, Pages

  Grimsley, Gerald R ^a   Trevino, Saul R ^b   Thurlkill, Richard L ^c   Scholtz, J Martin ^d  

^a TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Area denaturation; Conformational stability; M value; Protein folding; Thermal denaturation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; UREA; GLOBULAR PROTEIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; THERMAL UNFOLDING CURVE; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ALGORITHM; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS; UREA;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879951446     PISSN: 19343655     EISSN: 19343663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471140864.ps2804s71     Document Type: Article

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