Molecular mechanisms of ionic liquid cytotoxicity probed by an integrated experimental and computational approach

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Yoo, Brian ^a   Jing, Benxin ^a   Jones, Stuart E ^b   Lamberti, Gary A ^b   Zhu, Yingxi ^c   Shah, Jindal K ^d   Maginn, Edward J ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c Wayne State University   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; IONIC LIQUID;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOTOXINS; IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 84956605706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep19889     Document Type: Article

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