Stress-induced structural transitions in DNA and proteins

Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure

Volumn 29, Issue , 2000, Pages 523-543

  Strick, T R ^a   Allemand, J F ^a,b   Bensimon, D ^a   Croquette, V ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

DNA unzipping; Protein folding; Single molecule manipulation

Indexed keywords

DENATURATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRESS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; DNA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STRESS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033908445     PISSN: 10568700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.29.1.523     Document Type: Review

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