Forced unfolding of coiled-coils in fibrinogen by single-molecule AFM

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Brown, André E X ^a   Litvinov, Rustem I ^b   Discher, Dennis E ^a   Weisel, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 33847774117     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.101261     Document Type: Article

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