A simple method to identify supramolecules in action: Hill coefficients for exergonic self-assembly

Chirality

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 849-856

  Bhosale, Sheshanath ^a   Matile, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioorganic chemistry; Circular dichroism; Denaturation; Hill coefficient; Self assembly; Supramolecular chemistry

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; DENATURATION; HILL COEFFICIENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RIGIDITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN DENATURATION;

EID: 33750319281     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: 1520636X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chir.20326     Document Type: Article

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