Organic and inorganic osmolytes at lipid membrane interfaces

Structure and Dynamics of Membranous Interfaces

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 227-266

  Westh, Peter ^a,b   Peters, Günther H ^a,c  

^a MEMPHYS   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Inorganic osmolytes; Lipid membrane interfaces; Membranes interface; Membrane osmolyte interactions; Organic osmolytes; Preferential interaction theory; Preferential interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651231595     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470388495.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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