Response to letter to the editor: On the calculation of the binding force between decorin and collagen [3]

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1160-1162

  Vesentini, Simone ^a   Redaelli, Alberto ^a   Montevecchi, Franco M ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DECORIN; DIMER; MONOMER;

CALCULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LETTER; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RADIATION SCATTERING; STEREOSPECIFICITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33645067132     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.01.013     Document Type: Letter

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