Extending a spectrin repeat unit. I: Linear force-extension response

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 92-100

  Paramore, Sterling ^a   Ayton, Gary S ^a   Mirijanian, Dina T ^a   Voth, Gregory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPECTRIN; TETRAMER;

ALPHA HELIX; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33646163010     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.066969     Document Type: Article

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