Aqueous Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation of Natural and Synthetic Polyguanidiniums

Protamines are natural polyguanidiniums, arginine(R)-rich proteins involved in the compaction of chromatin during vertebrate spermatogenesis. Salmine, a protamine isolated from salmon sperm, contains 65 mol% R residues, with positively charged guanidino (Gdm<sup>+</sup>) sidechains, and...

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Main Authors: Leland J. Prather, G. Mahika Weerasekare, Monika Sima, Colette Quinn, Russell J. Stewart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-04-01
Series:Polymers
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/11/4/649