Effect of sodium chloride on the structure and stability of spider silk's N-terminal protein domain

Biomaterials Science

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 276-284

  Gronau, Greta ^a,b   Qin, Zhao ^a   Buehler, Markus J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; HIGH SALT CONCENTRATION; LOW SALT CONCENTRATION; METADYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; N-TERMINAL DOMAINS; NACL CONCENTRATION;

DIGITAL STORAGE; DIMERS; MONOMERS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPINNING (FIBERS);

PROTEINS;

EID: 84882314792     PISSN: 20474830     EISSN: 20474849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2bm00140c     Document Type: Article

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