A two-state kinetic model for the unfolding of single molecules by mechanical force

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 99, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 13544-13548

  Ritort, F ^a   Bustamante, C ^b,c   Tinoco Jr , I ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FORCE; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; RNA; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037109040     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.172525099     Document Type: Article

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