Solution properties of charged hydrophobic/hydrophilic copolymers

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 22-29

  Khokhlov, Alexei R ^a   Khalatur, Pavel G ^b,c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b A N NESMEYANOV INSTITUTE OF ORGANOELEMENT COMPOUNDS   (Russian Federation)

^c TVER STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Bioinspired 'proteinlike' copolymers; Charged heteropolymers; Globules; Sequence design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS;

BIOINSPIRED PROTEINLIKE COPOLYMERS; CHARGED HETEROPOLYMERS; CHEMICAL SEQUENCES; SEQUENCE DESIGN;

COPOLYMERS;

COPOLYMER; POLYELECTROLYTE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 23744434291     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2005.04.003     Document Type: Review

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