Unfolding a linker between helical repeats

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 349, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 638-647

  Ortiz, Vanessa ^a,b   Nielsen, Steven O ^a   Klein, Michael L ^a   Discher, Dennis E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha helical linkers; Cooperative domain unfolding; Mechanical unfolding; Spectrin repeats; Steered molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; SPECTRIN; WATER;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; ATOM; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPREHENSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HYDRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OBSERVATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIMULATION; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 19444382704     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.03.086     Document Type: Article

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