Nucleation of protein condensed phases

Reviews in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Vekilov, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

mechanisms; nucleation; protein solutions

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID STRUCTURES; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CONDENSED PHASIS; CRYSTAL NUCLEI; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING; KINETICS OF NUCLEATION; LIQUID DROPLETS; MESOSCOPICS; NUCLEATION PROCESS; PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; PROTEIN CLUSTERS; PROTEIN CRYSTAL NUCLEATION; PROTEIN SOLUTIONS; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; SOLID AGGREGATES; SOLUTION THERMODYNAMICS; TWO-STEP MECHANISMS;

CRYSTALS; NUCLEATION; SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION;

PROTEINS;

EID: 80052733275     PISSN: 01678299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVCE.2011.003     Document Type: Article

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