Control of liquid crystallinity of amyloid-forming systems

Soft Matter

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2852-2857

  Cannon, Danielle ^a,b   Donald, Athene M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Division of Cell and Molecular Biology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; AGGREGATION PROCESS; AMYLOID FIBRIL; DENATURED PROTEINS; EXTERNAL FACTORS; FIBRIL FORMATION; HEN EGG WHITE LYSOZYME; IN-VITRO; LACTOGLOBULIN; LARGE ASPECT RATIO; LIQUID CRYSTALLINITY; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; MECHANICAL SHEAR; NEMATIC LIQUIDS; ONSAGER MODEL; PROTEIN SYSTEM; SPHERULITIC STRUCTURE; STIRRING RATES; STRUCTURE FORMS;

AGGLOMERATION; ASPECT RATIO; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GLYCOPROTEINS; INSULIN; LIQUIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

PROTEINS;

EID: 84874094331     PISSN: 1744683X     EISSN: 17446848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2sm26946e     Document Type: Article

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