Elasticity and unfolding of single molecules of the giant muscle protein titin

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6630, 1997, Pages 308-312

  Tskhovrebova, L ^a,c   Trinick, J ^a   Sleep, J A ^b   Simmons, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN;

ARTICLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; VISCOELASTICITY;

ELASTICITY; MICROSPHERES; MUSCLE PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN KINASES;

EID: 0031006659     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/387308a0     Document Type: Article

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