Force-dependent switch in protein unfolding pathways and transition-state movements.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on January 27, 2016

Authors

Pavel I Zhuravlev1, Michael Hinczewski2, Shaon Chakrabarti3, Susan Marqusee4, D Thirumalai3

Author Affiliations

1: Biophysics Program, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; pavel.zhuravlev@gmail.com mxh605@case.edu.
2: Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106; pavel.zhuravlev@gmail.com mxh605@case.edu.
3: Biophysics Program, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742;
4: California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.

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