Alcohol- and Salt-induced Partially Folded Intermediates

Protein Folding Handbook

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 884-915

  Hamada, Daizo ^a   Goto, Yuji ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Chloroethano; Leucocin A; Proteins; Salt

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889762880     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527619498.ch24     Document Type: Chapter

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