Direct and model free calculation of force-dependent dissociation rates from force spectroscopic data

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Oberbarnscheidt, Leoni ^a   Janissen, Richard ^a   Oesterhelt, Filipp ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DISSOCIATION; ENERGY; FORCE; NONHUMAN; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 72249117439     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.08.015     Document Type: Article

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