Continuous isotropic-nematic liquid crystalline transition of F-actin solutions

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 4 1, 2003, Pages 407011-407014

  Viamontes, Jorge ^a   Yang, Jay X ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; MACROMOLECULES; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PROTEINS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

THERMAL COLLISIONS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

ACTIN;

ANIMAL; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DOSE RESPONSE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPHYSICS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0141611124     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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