trivalent counterions between two critical concentrations C* and C**, C*< C**. This reentrant
condensation behavior above C** is caused by short-ranged electrostatic interactions
between multivalent cations and acidic residues, mechanistically different from the case of
DNA. Small-angle x-ray scattering indicates a short-ranged attraction between counterion-
bound proteins near C* and C**. Monte Carlo simulations (under these strong electrostatic …