Dynamics of protein folding and cofactor binding monitored by single-molecule force spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2009-2017

  Cao, Yi ^a,b   Li, Hongbin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

APOPROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NICKEL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 80054679425     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.08.051     Document Type: Article

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