Metastable mesoscopic phases in concentrated protein solutions

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1161, Issue , 2009, Pages 377-386

  Vekilov, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Clusters; Cytosol; Dynamic light scattering; Macromolecular solutions; Phase transitions; Solvent structuring

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN S; LUMAZINE; LUMAZINE SYNTHASE; POLYMER; PROTEIN; SOLVENT; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLLOID; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOSOL; KINETICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULE; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 65249155468     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.04318.x     Document Type: Article

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