Protein-protein unbinding induced by force: Single-molecule studies

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 227-235

  Weisel, John W ^a   Shuman, Henry ^a   Litvinov, Rustem I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; INTEGRIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL ADHESION; DISSOCIATION; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0242585007     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(03)00039-3     Document Type: Review

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