Molecular crowding reduces to a similar extent the diffusion of small solutes and macromolecules: Measurement by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy

Journal of Molecular Recognition

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 441-447

  Dauty, Emmanuel ^a   Verkman, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Ficoll 70; Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy; Macromolecular crowding; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

FICOLL; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION; MACROMOLECULE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

DIFFUSION; FICOLL; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WATER;

EID: 4544381399     PISSN: 09523499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmr.709     Document Type: Conference Paper

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