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For catch bonds, it all hinges on the interdomain region
Tensile mechanical force was long assumed to increase the detachment rates of biological adhesive bonds (Bell, 1978). However, in the last few years, several receptor–ligand pairs were shown to form “catch bonds,” whose lifetimes are enhanced by moderate amounts of force. These include the bacterial...
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The Rockefeller University Press
2006
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2064382/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17000873 http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200609029 |