The mechanical stability of ubiquitin is linkage dependent

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 738-743

  Carrion Vazquez, Mariano ^a   Li, Hongbin ^a   Lu, Hui ^b   Marszalek, Piotr E ^c   Oberhauser, Andres F ^d   Fernandez, Julio M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; POLYPEPTIDE; UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STABILITY;

HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; KINETICS; LYSINE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POLYUBIQUITIN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; UBIQUITIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0042508740     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb965     Document Type: Article

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