Mechanical properties of β-catenin revealed by single-molecule experiments

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1744-1752

  Valbuena, Alejandro ^a   Vera, Andrés Manuel ^a   Oroz, Javier ^a   Menéndez, Margarita ^b   Carrión Vázquez, Mariano ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MADRILEÑO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN NANOCIENCIA IMDEA NANOCIENCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84867631207     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.07.051     Document Type: Article

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