Mechanical unfolding of α2-macroglobulin molecules with atomic force microscope

FEBS Letters

Volumn 385, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 29-33

  Mitsui, Keita ^a   Hara, Masahiko ^b   Ikai, Atsushi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Force curve measurement; Protein stretching; Protein unfolding

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; 3 (2 PYRIDYLDITHIO)PROPIONIC ACID N HYDROXYSUCCINIMIDE ESTER; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; N-SUCCINIMIDYL 3-(2-PYRIDYLDITHIO)PROPIONATE; SUCCINIMIDE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN DENATURATION;

MICA;

ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SUCCINIMIDES;

EID: 0029665047     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(96)00319-5     Document Type: Article

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