Determination of molecular parameters by fitting sedimentation data to finite-element solutions of the Lamm equation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 444-454

  Demeler, Borries ^a   Saber, Hashim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HORSE; MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

EID: 0031982612     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77802-6     Document Type: Article

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