An upper limit for macromolecular crowding effects
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An upper limit for macromolecular crowding effects
BACKGROUND Solutions containing high macromolecule concentrations are predicted to affect a number of protein properties compared to those properties in dilute solution. In cells, these macromolecular crowders have a large range of sizes and can occupy 30% or more of the available volume. We chose to study the stability and ps-ns internal dynamics of a globular protein whose radius is ~2 nm whe...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Biophysics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2046-1682
DOI: 10.1186/2046-1682-4-13