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Artem Zhmurov1, Olga Kononova, Rustem I Litvinov

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, United States.

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この研究では,フィブリノゲンのアルファヘリクルのコイル状コイルが,力によってベータシートに変換される方法が明らかにされています. この柔らかい相変異は,糸状タンパク質の機械的性質を説明する可能性がある.

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