Unfolding the a2 domain of von willebrand factor with the optical trap

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1685-1693

  Ying, Junyi ^a   Ling, Yingchen ^a,c   Westfield, Lisa A ^a   Sadler, J Evan ^a,b   Shao, Jin Yu ^a  

^a Department of Biomedical Engineering ^*  (China)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 77951629169     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.12.4324     Document Type: Article

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