Evidence that small proteins translocate through silicon nitride pores in a folded conformation

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 22, Issue 45, 2010, Pages

  Stefureac, Radu I ^a   Trivedi, Dhruti ^b   Marziali, Andre ^b   Lee, Jeremy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLDED CONFORMATION; HYDRATION SHELL; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEINS; NEGATIVE CHARGE;

AMINO ACIDS; CAMS; CONFORMATIONS; SILICON NITRIDE;

CALMODULIN;

NANOMATERIAL; PROTEIN; SILICON DERIVATIVE; SILICON NITRIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; MOTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DIFFUSION; MOTION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 78149463475     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/45/454133     Document Type: Article

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