Monte Carlo simulation of mechanical unfolding of proteins based on a simple two-state model

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-166

  King, William T ^a   Su, Meihong ^a,b   Yang, Guoliang ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Mechanical unfolding; Monte Carlo simulation; Single molecule methods; Worm like chain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORCE; FORCE CONSTANT; FORCE CURVE; KINETICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; TENSION;

EID: 77949320110     PISSN: 01418130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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