Cloud-point temperature and liquid-liquid phase separation of supersaturated lysozyme solution

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-112

  Lu, Jie ^a   Carpenter, Keith ^a   Li, Rui Jiang ^a   Wang, Xiu Juan ^b   Ching, Chi Bun ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biocrystallization; Cloud point temperature; Liquid liquid phase separation; Microcalorimetry

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; IONIC STRENGTH; LIQUID; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; LYSOSOME; MEASUREMENT; MICROCALORIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CRYSTALLIZATION; GLYCEROL; MURAMIDASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTIONS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 1642587771     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2003.10.021     Document Type: Article

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