Reconstructing folding energy landscapes by single-molecule force spectroscopy

Annual Review of Biophysics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-39

  Woodside, Michael T ^a,b   Block, Steven M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c Department of Applied Physics ^*  (Canada)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM; Nucleic acid folding; Optical trapping; Protein folding; Reaction coordinate; Statistical mechanics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DNA HAIRPIN; ENERGY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FORCE; MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE MOLECULE FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AFM; NUCLEIC ACID FOLDING; OPTICAL TRAPPING; PROTEIN FOLDING; REACTION COORDINATE; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

DNA; ENERGY METABOLISM; PROTEINS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84901982914     PISSN: 1936122X     EISSN: 19361238     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-051013-022754     Document Type: Article

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