Protein Charge Ladders, Capillary Electrophoresis, and the Role of Electrostatics in Biomolecular Recognition

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 343-350

  Carbeck, Jeffrey D ^a,b,c,d   Colton, Ian J ^a,b,e   Gao, Jinming ^a,b,f,g   Whitesides, George M ^a,b,g,h  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Michigan ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000524420     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar970255q     Document Type: Article

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