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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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-04-01
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Series: | Polymers |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/11/4/649 |