Single molecule unfolding and stretching of protein domains inside a solid-state nanopore by electric field

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Freedman, Kevin J ^a   Haq, S Raza ^b   Edel, Joshua B ^c   Jemth, Per ^b   Kim, Min Jun ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; UREA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; NANOPORE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN UNFOLDING;

MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOPORES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; PROTEINS; UREA;

EID: 84902938240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01638     Document Type: Article

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