A Single-Molecule Approach to Explore the Role of the Solvent Environment in Protein Folding

Proteins in Solution and at Interfaces: Methods and Applications in Biotechnology and Materials Science

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 315-334

  Tych, Katarzyna ^a   Dougan, Lorna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscope (AFM); Hydrogen bonds; Protein folding; Single molecule force clamp spectroscopy; Single molecule force extension spectroscopy; Solvent environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886340559     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118523063.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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