Attractive protein-polymer interactions markedly alter the effect of macromolecular crowding on protein association equilibria

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 914-923

  Jiao, Ming ^a,c   Li, Hong Tao ^a   Chen, Jie ^a   Minton, Allen P ^b   Liang, Yi ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; DEXTRAN; FICOLL; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; MACROMOLECULE; POLYMER; PROTEIN BINDING; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; BOVINAE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENTROPY; FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CATALASE; CATTLE; DEXTRANS; ENTROPY; FICOLL; FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERS; PROTEIN BINDING; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77955699308     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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