Extracellular aggregation of polyelectrolytes escaped from the cell interior: Mechanisms and physiological consequences

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 26, Issue , 2016, Pages 84-89

  Bucki, Robert ^a   Janmey, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biopolymer; Counterion; Cystic fibrosis; Cytoskeleton; DNA; F actin; Polyelectrolyte

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOPOLYMERS; BODY FLUIDS; DNA; DYNAMICS; POLYELECTROLYTES;

ANIONIC POLY-ELECTROLYTES; ANTIMICROBIAL FUNCTIONS; COUNTERIONS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYTOSKELETONS; EXTRACELLULAR PROTEINS; F-ACTIN; POLYCATIONIC PEPTIDES;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; COUNTERION; DNA; LIGAND; PEPTIDE; POLYCATION; POLYELECTROLYTE; PROTEIN;

CELL STRUCTURE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; EXTRACELLULAR TRAP; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; REVIEW; SURFACE CHARGE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 84998773528     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: 18790399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2016.08.006     Document Type: Review

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