Unfolding mechanics of multiple OspA substructures investigated with single molecule force spectroscopy

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 333, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 993-1002

  Hertadi, Rukman ^a   Gruswitz, Franz ^b   Silver, Lin ^b   Koide, Akiko ^b,c   Koide, Shohei ^b,c   Arakawa, Hideo ^a   Ikai, Atsushi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscope; Single molecule; Substructure; Unfolding mechanics; sheet

Indexed keywords

OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 0142185486     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.09.010     Document Type: Article

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