BIOPHYSICS More than a bystander

被引：62

作者：

Ball, Philip

机构：

[1] Philip Ball is a writer based in London.,

来源：

NATURE | 2011年 / 478卷 / 7370期

关键词：

COLLAPSE;

D O I：

10.1038/478467a

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

070301 [无机化学]; 070403 [天体物理学]; 070507 [自然资源与国土空间规划学]; 090105 [作物生产系统与生态工程];

摘要：

The tendency of hydrophobic surfaces to aggregate in water is often invoked to explain how biomolecules recognize and bind to each other. Water seems to have a much more active role in these processes than had been thought.

引用

页码：467 / 468

页数：3

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