Extending a spectrin repeat unit. II: Rupture behavior

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-111

  Paramore, Sterling ^a   Ayton, Gary S ^a   Voth, Gregory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPECTRIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELASTICITY; FORCE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 33646135074     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.066977     Document Type: Article

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