Monomeric surfactant, binding with proteins

The monomeric species, not the micellar form of surfactant, are involved in the surfactant binding with proteins and membranes (64). The free monomeric concentration of the surfactant, therefore, determines the amount bound. Nonionic surfactants are bound in smaller number and with lower affinity, partly because of the generally low CMCs for these surfactants as... 

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