Dwell-time distribution analysis of polyprotein unfolding using force-clamp spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2896-2903

  Brujić, Jasna ^a,b   Hermans, Rodolfo I Z ^a   Garcia Manyes, Sergi ^a   Walther, Kirstin A ^a   Fernandez, Julio M ^a  

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

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; CLAMP; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SPECTROSCOPY; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 34147138772     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.099481     Document Type: Article

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