Ultrafiltration of supercoiled plasmid DNA: Modeling and application

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 280-289

  Morão, António M ^a   Nunes, José C ^a   Sousa, Fani ^a   Pessoa de Amorim, Maria Teresa ^b   Escobar, Isabel C ^c   Queiroz, João A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c The University of Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; Monte Carlo simulations; Plasmid DNA; Sieving coefficients; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE FLOW; DEVELOPED MODEL; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FILTRATION TESTS; FREELY JOINTED CHAINS; GYRATION RADII; MASS TRANSFER MODELS; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MODEL PREDICTION; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NARROW PORES; PERMEATE FLUX; PLASMID DNA; PLASMID DNA (PDNA); RADIUS OF GYRATION; SIEVING COEFFICIENT; SIEVING COEFFICIENTS; STATISTICAL SIMULATION; STIRRED CELLS; STIRRING SPEED; SUPERCOILED; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

ADSORPTION; BIOMOLECULES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; IONIC STRENGTH; MASS TRANSFER; MICROFILTRATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERMEATION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

DNA;

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; IONIC STRENGTH; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 79959984677     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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