Dynamic light scattering: a practical guide and applications in biomedical sciences

Biophysical Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 409-427

  Stetefeld, Jörg ^a   McKenna, Sean A ^a   Patel, Trushar R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifuge; Diffusion coefficient; Dynamic light scattering; Hydrodynamic radius; Light scattering; Protein ligand interactions; Protein nucleic acid complexes; Protein protein complexes

Indexed keywords

ENTACTIN 1; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID; OVALBUMIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

CUVETTE; DIFFUSION; GENERAL DEVICE; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MACROMOLECULE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; PRACTICAL GUIDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; X RAY;

EID: 85000399690     PISSN: 18672450     EISSN: 18672469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12551-016-0218-6     Document Type: Review

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