Aqueous phase separation as a possible route to compartmentalization of biological molecules

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2114-2124

  Keating, Christine D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; LIPOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE; SURFACTANT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIPID BILAYER; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOPOLYMERS; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; NUCLEOTIDES; PEPTIDES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 84870187166     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar200294y     Document Type: Article

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