The molecular basis of the solution properties of hyaluronan investigated by confocal fluorescence recovery after photobleaching

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2210-2216

  Gribbon, Philip ^a   Heng, Boon C ^a   Hardingham, Timothy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CHICKEN; COMB; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRICITY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PH; RIGIDITY; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0032828147     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77061-X     Document Type: Article

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