A universal measure of chaotropicity and kosmotropicity

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 287-296

  Cray, Jonathan A ^a   Russell, John T ^a   Timson, David J ^a   Singhal, Rekha S ^b   Hallsworth, John E ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; PRESSURE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

AGAR; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; PRESSURE; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84871929330     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12018     Document Type: Article

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