Direct observation of Markovian behavior of the mechanical unfolding of individual proteins

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 782-788

  Cao, Yi ^a   Kuske, Rachel ^a   Li, Hongbin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 47749131153     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.128298     Document Type: Article

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