The solubility and stability of amino acids in biocompatible ionic liquids

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-24

  Vasantha, T ^a   Kumar, Awanish ^b   Attri, Pankaj ^b   Venkatesu, Pannuru ^b   Rama Devi, R S ^a  

^a Sri Padmavathi Womens Degree and Post Graduate College   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Apparent transfer free energy; Biomolecular interactions; Ionic liquid; Solubility

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM ACETATE; DIETHYLAMMONIUM ACETATE; DIETHYLAMMONIUM SULFATE; IONIC LIQUID; TRIETHYLAMMONIUM; TRIETHYLAMMONIUM ACETATE; TRIETHYLAMMONIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM ACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; IONIC LIQUIDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS;

EID: 84891405690     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/09298665113209990071     Document Type: Article

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