Kinetics from nonequilibrium single-molecule pulling experiments

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-15

  Hummer, Gerhard ^a,b   Szabo, Attila ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; LIGAND; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BINDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; COVALENT BOND; DISSOCIATION; FORCE; KINETICS; LASER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROSCOPE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PROTEIN FOLDING; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0038650860     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74449-X     Document Type: Article

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