Mechanical stretching of proteins - A theoretical survey of the Protein Data Bank

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 19, Issue 28, 2007, Pages

  Sułkowska, Joanna I ^a   Cieplak, Marek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; TOPOLOGY;

MECHANICAL STRETCHING; PEAK FORCES;

PROTEINS;

EID: 34547673274     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/19/28/283201     Document Type: Article

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