Overview of current methods in sedimentation velocity and sedimentation equilibrium analytical ultracentrifugation

Current Protocols in Protein Science

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.71, 2013, Pages

  Zhao, Huaying ^a   Brautigam, Chad A ^b   Ghirlando, Rodolfo ^c   Schuck, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifugation; Chemical equilibria; Multiprotein complex; Protein hydrodynamics; Reversible interaction; Sedimentation equilibrium; Sedimentation velocity; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; DETERGENT; TRACER;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIFFUSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; CENTRIFUGATION; DIRECT BOUNDARY MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FRACTIONATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOTHERM; LAMM EQUATION; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION EQUILIBRIUM; VOLUME;

EID: 84879936868     PISSN: 19343655     EISSN: 19343663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471140864.ps2012s71     Document Type: Article

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