Physical mechanism for biopolymers to aggregate and maintain in non-equilibrium states

Abstract Many human or animal diseases are related to aggregation of proteins. A viable biological organism should maintain in non-equilibrium states. How protein aggregate and why biological organisms can maintain in non-equilibrium states are not well understood. As a first step to understand such...

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Main Authors: Wen-Jong Ma, Chin-Kun Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03136-7