Force spectroscopy with single bio-molecules

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 524-530

  Clausen Schaumann, Hauke ^a   Seitz, Markus ^a   Krautbauer, Rupert ^a   Gaub, Hermann E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA BINDING; LIGAND BINDING; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0033781080     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(00)00126-5     Document Type: Review

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