Atomic force microscopy reveals parallel mechanical unfolding pathways of T4 lysozyme: Evidence for a kinetic partitioning mechanism

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1885-1890

  Peng, Qing ^a   Li, Hongbin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy landscape; Force spectroscopy; Multiple pathways; Single molecule studies; Unfolding intermediate

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MURAMIDASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION;

EID: 41149180083     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0706775105     Document Type: Article

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