Biomolecular Crowding Arising from Small Molecules, Molecular Constraints, Surface Packing, and Nano-Confinement

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2546-2553

  Hilaire, Mary Rose ^a   Abaskharon, Rachel M ^a   Gai, Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; HYDRATION; PROTEINS;

AMYLOID FORMATION; BIOPHYSICAL APPLICATIONS; COSOLVENT MOLECULES; CROWDING EFFECTS; EXCLUDED VOLUME EFFECTS; MACROMOLECULAR CROWDING; PROTEIN HYDRATION; SURFACE CONDITIONS;

MOLECULES;

MACROMOLECULE; PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84941704619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00957     Document Type: Article

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