Thermodynamic stability of psychrophilic and mesophilic pheromones of the protozoan ciliate Euplotes

Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 142-150

  Geralt, Michael ^a   Alimenti, Claudio ^b   Vallesi, Adriana ^b   Luporini, Pierangelo ^b   Wüthrich, Kurt ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical signals; Circular dichroism spectroscopy; Protein denaturation; Protein stability; Psychrophilic proteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901295324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20797737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/biology2010142     Document Type: Article

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