The key event in force-induced unfolding of titin's immunoglobulin domains

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-65

  Lu, Hui ^a,c   Schulten, Klaus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FORCE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033917135     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76273-4     Document Type: Article

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