Utility of 5-Cyanotryptophan Fluorescence as a Sensitive Probe of Protein Hydration

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 936-944

  Markiewicz, Beatrice N ^a   Mukherjee, Debopreeti ^a   Troxler, Thomas ^a   Gai, Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BINARY MIXTURES; BINDING ENERGY; BINS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; HYDRATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEINS;

ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; BINDING INTERACTION; DIFFERENT SOLVENTS; ENHANCED SENSITIVITY; FLUORESCENCE DECAYS; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; SOLVENT PROPERTIES; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE;

FLUORESCENCE;

FLUORESCENT DYE; PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; WATER;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

FLUORESCENT DYES; PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRYPTOPHAN; WATER;

EID: 84958568618     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b12233     Document Type: Article

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