Concentration dependence of the subunit association of oligomers and viruses and the modification of the latter by urea binding

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 167-173

  Weber, Gregorio ^b   Da Poian, Andrea T ^a   Silva, Jerson L ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGOMER; UREA;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DISSOCIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY;

MIRIDAE;

EID: 0030031616     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79557-7     Document Type: Article

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