title: Energy barrier for protein adhesion and crystal nucleation on flat alien substrates.
abstract: From the experimentally defined rate of heterogeneous formation of protein crystals and number of collisions between protein molecules with substrate, the energy barrier for adhesion of protein molecule to alien materials is estimated. According to the Boltzmann equation for energy distribution this barrier is of the order of 10(-12) erg per molecule.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Physics, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, 5 James Bourchier Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria. dtsekova@phys.uni-sofia.bg
authors.forename: Daniela S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Tsekova
authors.forename: Varban
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Savov
mesh_terms: D000268:Adhesiveness; D003460:Crystallization; D009113:Muramidase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013696:Temperature; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D009113:Muramidase