Average protein density is a molecular-weight-dependent function

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2825-2828

  Fischer, Hannes ^a   Polikarpov, Igor ^a   Craievich, Aldo F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifugation; Average density; Molecular weight dependence; Protein crystallography; Protein density; Proteins

Indexed keywords

MONOMER; OLIGOMER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DENSITY; MASS DENSITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENSITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE DETERMINATION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 4644311920     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.04688204     Document Type: Article

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