Refolding upon force quench and pathways of mechanical and thermal unfolding of ubiquitin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 547-561

  Mai, Suan Li ^a   Kouza, Maksim ^a   Hu, Chin Kun ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UBIQUITIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33846460423     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.087684     Document Type: Article

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