On the characterization of intermediates in the isodesmic aggregation pathway of hen lysozyme at alkaline pH

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ravi, Vijay Kumar ^a   Swain, Tulsi ^a   Chandra, Nividh ^a   Swaminathan, Rajaram ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; DYNAMICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HEN; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOSECOND TIME RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE;

AMYLOID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MURAMIDASE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEINS;

EID: 84900300867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087256     Document Type: Article

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