@string{LDougan = "Dougan, Lorna"}
@string{LDoup = "Doup, L."}
@string{TDrobek = "Drobek, T."}
+@string{Drexel = "Drexel University"}
@string{OKDudko = "Dudko, Olga K."}
@string{ADunham = "Dunham, A."}
@string{DDunlap = "Dunlap, D."}
@string{RRodriguez = "Rodriguez, R."}
@string{YHRogers = "Rogers, Y. H."}
@string{SRogic = "Rogic, S."}
-@string{MRoman = "Roman, Marisa"}
+@string{MRoman = "Roman, Marisa B."}
@string{GRomano = "Romano, G."}
@string{DRomblad = "Romblad, D."}
@string{RRos = "Ros, Robert"}
language = "eng",
}
+@phdthesis { roman12,
+ author = MRoman,
+ title = "Macromolecular crowding effects in the mechanical unfolding
+ forces of proteins",
+ school = Drexel,
+ year = 2012,
+ month = may,
+ url = "http://hdl.handle.net/1860/3854",
+ eprint = "http://idea.library.drexel.edu/bitstream/1860/3854/1/Roman_Marisa.pdf",
+ keywords = "Physics",
+ keywords = "Biophysics",
+ keywords = "Protein folding",
+ abstract = "Macromolecules can occupy a large fraction of the volume
+ of a cell and this crowded environment influences the behavior and
+ properties of the proteins, such as mechanical unfolding forces,
+ thermal stability and rates of folding and diffusion. Although
+ much is already known about molecular crowding, it is not well
+ understood how it affects a protein’s resistance to mechanical
+ stress in a crowded environment and how the size of the crowders
+ affect those changes. An atomic force microscope-based single
+ molecule method was used to measure the effects of the crowding on
+ the mechanical stability of a model protein, in this case I-27. As
+ proteins tend to aggregate, single molecule methods provided a way
+ to prevent aggregation because of the very low concentration of
+ proteins in the solution under study. Dextran was used as the
+ crowding agent with three different molecular weights 6kDa, 10 kDa
+ and 40 kDa, with concentrations varying from zero to 300 grams per
+ liter in a pH neutral buffer solution at room temperature. Results
+ showed that the forces required to unfold biomolecules were
+ increased when a high concentration of crowder molecules were
+ added to the buffer solution and that the maximum force required
+ to unfold a domain was when the crowder size was 10 kDa, which is
+ comparable to the protein size. Unfolding rates obtained from
+ Monte Carlo simulations showed that they were also affected in the
+ presence of crowders. As a consequence, the energy barrier was
+ also affected. These effects were most notable when the size of
+ the crowder was 10 kDa, comparable to the size of the protein. On
+ the other hand, distances to the transition state did not seem to
+ change when crowders were added to the solution. The effect of
+ Dextran on the energy barrier was modeled by using established
+ theories such as Ogston’s and scaled particle theory, neither of
+ which was completely convincing at describing the results. It can
+ be hypothesized that the composition of Dextran plays a role in
+ the deviation of the predicted behavior with respect to the
+ experimental data.",
+ language = "eng",
+}
+
@article { measey09,
author = TMeasey #" and "# KBSmith #" and "# SDecatur #" and "#
LZhao #" and "# GYang #" and "# RSchweitzerStenner,