Sub-angstrom conformational changes of a single molecule captured by AFM variance analysis

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3806-3812

  Walther, Kirstin A ^a,b   Brujić, Jasna ^b   Li, Hongbin ^c   Fernández, Julio M ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; DEXTRAN; PYRANOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFORMATION; FORCE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROSCOPE; THERMODYNAMICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33646166953     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.076224     Document Type: Article

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