Single molecule force spectroscopy reveals that electrostatic interactions affect the mechanical stability of proteins

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1534-1541

  Zheng, Peng ^a   Cao, Yi ^a,c   Bu, Tianjia ^b   Straus, Suzana K ^a   Li, Hongbin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Jilin University   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 79953899870     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.01.062     Document Type: Article

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