Single-molecule unfolding force distributions reveal a funnel-shaped energy landscape

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Schlierf, Michael ^a   Rief, Matthias ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELL MODEL; DIFFUSION; ENERGY; FORCE; MODEL; PROTEIN FOLDING; VELOCITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; LETTER; THERMODYNAMICS;

PROTEIN;

MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33645767959     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.077982     Document Type: Article

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