Effective hard particle model for the osmotic pressure of highly concentrated binary protein solutions

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Minton, Allen P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; OVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG MIXTURE; LETTER; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; COMPLEX MIXTURES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OVALBUMIN; PARTICLE SIZE; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 41649094226     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.128033     Document Type: Article

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