Mechanical design of proteins studied by single-molecule force spectroscopy and protein engineering

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 63-91

  Carrion Vazquez, Mariano ^a   Oberhauser, Andres F ^a   Fisher, Thomas E ^a   Marszalek, Piotr E ^a   Li, Hongbin ^a   Fernandez, Julio M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; CONNECTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; POLYPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELASTICITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATCH CLAMP; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ELASTICITY; HYDROGEN BONDING; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0034533671     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6107(00)00017-1     Document Type: Review

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