The yeast Wsc1 cell surface sensor behaves like a nanospring in vivo

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 857-862

  Dupres, Vincent ^a   Alsteens, David ^a   Wilk, Sabrina ^b   Hansen, Benjamin ^b   Heinisch, Jürgen J ^b   Dufrêne, Yves F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID; PROTEIN WSC1; SERINE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRESS; CELL SURFACE; CELL WALL; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GLYCOSYLATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOLECULAR SENSOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; YEAST CELL;

EID: 70350336876     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.220     Document Type: Article

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