can we used chloroform to denature protein?

Subject: can we used chloroform to denature protein?

Date: Thu Jul 27 01:13:25 2000
Posted by h5nl
Grade level: undergrad School: mississippi state university
City: Mississippi state State/Province: MS Country: USA
Area of science: Biochemistry
ID: 964674805.Bc

Message:


i understand that phenol is hydrophobic and thus be able to denature 
(unfold) protein and coz it to precipitated out from the aqueous...
is chloroform hydrophobic and can it did the same thing as phenoL?

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