Microsecond dynamics of an unfolded protein by a line confocal tracking of single molecule fluorescence

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Oikawa, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Suzuki, Yuta ^a   Saito, Masataka ^a   Kamagata, Kiyoto ^a,b   Arai, Munehito ^b,c   Takahashi, Satoshi ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN DENATURATION;

MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 84881336284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02151     Document Type: Article

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