Mechanical unfolding of spectrin reveals a super-exponential dependence of unfolding rate on force.

Renn, J P; Bhattacharyya, S; Bai, H; He, C; Li, H; Oberhauser, A F; Marko, J F; Makarov, D E; Matouschek, A.

Affiliation

Renn JP; Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
Bhattacharyya S; Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
Bai H; Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
He C; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
Li H; Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1, Canada.
Oberhauser AF; Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1, Canada.
Marko JF; Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Sealy Center for Structural Biology & Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Makarov DE; Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
Matouschek A; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.