Kinetics of nanochain formation in a simplified model of amelogenin biomacromolecules

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2502-2506

  Li, Wei ^a   Liu, Ya ^a   Perez, Toni ^a   Gunton, J D ^a   Sorensen, C M ^b   Chakrabarti, A ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULE; TIME;

AMELOGENIN; COLLOIDS; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOPARTICLES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 81255123301     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.09.056     Document Type: Article

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