Force-clamp spectroscopy of single-protein monomers reveals the individual unfolding and folding pathways of i27 and ubiquitin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2436-2446

  Garcia Manyes, Sergi ^a   Brujić, Jasna ^a   Badilla, Carmen L ^a   Fernández, Julio M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOMER; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN I 27; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENTROPY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34848909232     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.104422     Document Type: Article

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