Measurements of the forces in protein interactions with atomic force microscopy

Current Proteomics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-81

  Lin, Shiming ^a,b,c   Chen, Ji Liang ^a   Huang, Long Sun ^b   Lin, Huan We ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Protein interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944414326     PISSN: 15701646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1570164053507754     Document Type: Review

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