Microfluidics reveals a flow-induced large-scale polymorphism of protein aggregates

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 2803-2807

  Foderá, Vito ^a   Pagliara, Stefano ^a   Otto, Oliver ^b   Keyser, Ulrich F ^a   Donald, Athene M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION PHENOMENA; AGGREGATION PROCESS; AMYLOID FIBRIL; CONFINED ENVIRONMENT; GRADUAL TRANSITION; IN-VITRO; LIVING SYSTEMS; PROTEIN AGGREGATES; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SPHERICAL AGGREGATES; STRUCTURAL ARRANGEMENT; SUPRAMOLECULAR STRUCTURE; UNSOLVED PROBLEMS;

AGGLOMERATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FLOW RATE; MICROFLUIDICS; PROTEINS;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84867172489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz301375d     Document Type: Article

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