Ultrastable cellulosome-adhesion complex tightens under load.

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Published in Nat Commun on December 08, 2014

Authors

Constantin Schoeler1, Klara H Malinowska1, Rafael C Bernardi2, Lukas F Milles1, Markus A Jobst1, Ellis Durner1, Wolfgang Ott1, Daniel B Fried3, Edward A Bayer3, Klaus Schulten4, Hermann E Gaub1, Michael A Nash1

Author Affiliations

1: Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Physik and Center for Nanoscience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 80799 Munich, Germany.
2: Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.
3: Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
4: 1] Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA [2] Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.

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