Phase diagrams and kinetics of phase transitions in protein solutions

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Vekilov, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CONDENSED PHASIS; CRYSTAL NUCLEI; FOLDED STATE; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; KINETICS OF NUCLEATION; KINETICS OF PHASE TRANSITIONS; LIQUID DROPLETS; LIQUID-LIQUID SEPARATION; MESOSCOPICS; NUCLEATION PROCESS; PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PROTEIN CLUSTERS; PROTEIN CRYSTAL NUCLEATION; PROTEIN SOLUTION; SOLID AGGREGATES; SOLUTION THERMODYNAMICS; SPINODALS; TWO-STEP MECHANISMS;

NUCLEATION; PHASE BEHAVIOR; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION; THERMODYNAMICS;

PROTEINS;

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; KINETICS; PHASE TRANSITION; REVIEW; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; KINETICS; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84860171103     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/19/193101     Document Type: Review

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