Mechanical unfolding of proteins: insights into biology, structure and folding.

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Published in Curr Opin Struct Biol on January 23, 2007

Authors

Julia R Forman1, Jane Clarke

Author Affiliations

1: Cambridge University Department of Chemistry, MRC Centre for Protein Engineering, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.

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