Measuring the energy landscape roughness and the transition state location of biomolecules using single molecule mechanical unfolding experiments

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Hyeon, Changbong ^a   Thirumalai, D ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BRITTLENESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREE ENERGY; PROTEINS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ENERGY LANDSCAPE; FORCE-QUENCH REFOLDING; MECHANICAL UNFOLDING; TRANSITION STATE;

BIOMOLECULES;

EID: 33847753469     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/19/11/113101     Document Type: Article

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