Time dependence of aggregation in crystallizing lysozyme solutions probed using NMR self-diffusion measurements

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1585-1590

  Price, William S ^a   Tsuchiya, Fumihiko ^b   Arata, Yoji ^c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b JAPAN FOOD RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

^c Water Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; SOLUBILITY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0035112288     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76131-0     Document Type: Article

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