Single-molecule force spectroscopy reveals a stepwise unfolding of Caenorhabditis elegans giant protein kinase domains

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1360-1370

  Greene, Dina N ^a   Garcia, Tzintzuni ^b   Bryan Sutton, R ^b   Gernert, Kim M ^a   Benian, Guy M ^a   Oberhauserz, Andres F ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; UNC 22 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; UNC-22 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 44449085063     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.130237     Document Type: Article

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