Statistical breakage of single protein A-IgG bonds reveals crossover from spontaneous to force-induced bond dissociation

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 652-655

  Simson, D A ^a   Strigl, M ^a   Hohenadl, M ^a   Merkel, R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 0001694842     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.652     Document Type: Article

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