Direct evidence of the multidimensionality of the free-energy landscapes of proteins revealed by mechanical probes

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Yew, Zu Thur ^a   Schlierf, Michael ^b   Rief, Matthias ^c   Paci, Emanuele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE-ENERGY LANDSCAPE; IN-VIVO; MECHANICAL PROBES; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; MECHANICAL UNFOLDING; MULTIDIMENSIONALITY; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; PARALLEL PATHWAYS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FREE ENERGY;

PROTEINS;

EID: 77950415518     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.81.031923     Document Type: Article

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