Protein co-translocational unfolding depends on the direction of pulling

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Rodriguez Larrea, David ^a   Bayley, Hagan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; METHAQUALONE; POLYPEPTIDE; THIOREDOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL ALPHA-TOXIN; TXN PROTEIN, HUMAN;

BACTERIUM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; REACTION KINETICS; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NANOPORE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN FOLDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL TOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOPORES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; THIOREDOXINS;

EID: 84919763571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5841     Document Type: Article

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