Pulling geometry defines the mechanical resistance of a β-sheet protein

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 731-737

  Brockwell, David J ^a   Paci, Emanuele ^b   Zinober, Rebecca C ^a   Beddard, Godfrey S ^a   Olmsted, Peter D ^a   Smith, D Alastair ^a   Perham, Richard N ^c   Radford, Sheena E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA SHEET PROTEIN; E2LIP3 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOMETRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANISOTROPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; SOFTWARE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0042508741     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb968     Document Type: Article

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