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The subunit structure of horse spleen apoferritin; the molecular weight of the oligomer and its stability to dissociation by dilution.

The Biochemical journal ·Vol. 131 ·No. 4 ·1973-04-00 ·Pages 855-7

Crichton RR, Eason R, Barclay A, Bryce CF

Abstract

The oligomer molecular weight of horse spleen apoferritin was determined by sedimentation-equilibrium techniques and a value of 443000 found. It is concluded that the apoferritin molecule consists of 24 subunits. At concentrations as low as 0.01mum there is no evidence of subunit dissociation.

MeSH Terms
Animals Apoproteins/analysis Binding Sites Carbon Isotopes Chromatography, Gel Drug Stability Ferritins/analysis Horses Macromolecular Substances Molecular Weight Protein Binding Protein Conformation Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet Spleen/analysis Ultracentrifugation
Chemicals
Apoproteins Carbon Isotopes Macromolecular Substances Ferritins
Authors & Affiliations
4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Crichton R R
Eason R
Barclay A
Bryce C F
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Article Info
Journal
The Biochemical journal
Abbr.
Biochem J
ISSN
0264-6021
DOI
10.1042/bj1310855
Published
1973-04-00
Pages
855-7
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
2984726R
PMCID
PMC1177546
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1042/bj1310855 PMC Full Text View journal details
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