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Title

Nanomechanics Of Protein Filaments

Authors

Samuel J. Baldwin - Dalhousie University
Andrew S. Quigley - Dalhousie University
Laurent Kreplak - Dalhousie University

Abstract

We discuss atomic force microscopy based
approaches to study the structural and mechanical properties of protein filaments using intermediate filaments and collagen fibrils as examples.