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Stretching single molecules into novel conformations using the atomic force microscope.

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Fisher, TE; Marszalek, PE; Fernandez, JM
Published in: Nature structural biology
September 2000

A dense network of interconnected proteins and carbohydrates forms the complex mechanical scaffold of living tissues. The recently developed technique of single molecule force spectroscopy using the atomic force microscope (AFM) has enabled a detailed analysis of the force-induced conformations of these molecules and the determinants of their mechanical stability. These studies provide some of the basic knowledge required to understand the mechanical interactions that define all biological organisms.

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Nature structural biology

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1072-8368

Publication Date

September 2000

Volume

7

Issue

9

Start / End Page

719 / 724

Related Subject Headings

  • Stress, Mechanical
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Proteins
  • Protein Renaturation
  • Protein Folding
  • Protein Conformation
  • Polysaccharides
  • Polyproteins
  • Mutagenesis
  • Microscopy, Atomic Force
 

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Fisher, T. E., Marszalek, P. E., & Fernandez, J. M. (2000). Stretching single molecules into novel conformations using the atomic force microscope. Nature Structural Biology, 7(9), 719–724. https://doi.org/10.1038/78936
Fisher, T. E., P. E. Marszalek, and J. M. Fernandez. “Stretching single molecules into novel conformations using the atomic force microscope.Nature Structural Biology 7, no. 9 (September 2000): 719–24. https://doi.org/10.1038/78936.
Fisher TE, Marszalek PE, Fernandez JM. Stretching single molecules into novel conformations using the atomic force microscope. Nature structural biology. 2000 Sep;7(9):719–24.
Fisher, T. E., et al. “Stretching single molecules into novel conformations using the atomic force microscope.Nature Structural Biology, vol. 7, no. 9, Sept. 2000, pp. 719–24. Epmc, doi:10.1038/78936.
Fisher TE, Marszalek PE, Fernandez JM. Stretching single molecules into novel conformations using the atomic force microscope. Nature structural biology. 2000 Sep;7(9):719–724.

Published In

Nature structural biology

DOI

ISSN

1072-8368

Publication Date

September 2000

Volume

7

Issue

9

Start / End Page

719 / 724

Related Subject Headings

  • Stress, Mechanical
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Proteins
  • Protein Renaturation
  • Protein Folding
  • Protein Conformation
  • Polysaccharides
  • Polyproteins
  • Mutagenesis
  • Microscopy, Atomic Force