Rheological study on lysozyme/tetramethylurea viscoelastic matrices

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-141

  Da Silva, Marcelo A ^a   Arêas, Elizabeth P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lysozyme; Protein networks; Rheological properties; Sol gel transitions; Solvent effects; Tetramethylurea; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; LYSOZYME; SOL GEL; TETRAMETHYLUREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELASTICITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FLOW KINETICS; GEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TIME; VISCOELASTICITY;

ELASTICITY; GELS; LINEAR MODELS; METHYLUREA COMPOUNDS; MURAMIDASE; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 0037120733     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(02)00142-4     Document Type: Article

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